Combe railway station
Combe  | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Combe |
| Local authority | West Oxfordshire |
| Grid reference | SP418150 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CME |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 2,546 |
| 2011/12 |
2,838 |
| 2012/13 |
 2,112 |
| 2013/14 |
1,684 |
| 2014/15 |
1,248 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 8 July 1935 |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
| 1935 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Combe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Combe railway station serves the village of Combe in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the Cotswold Line. This station and all trains serving it are run by Great Western Railway.
On weekdays (including bank holidays), one train a day in each direction serves the station: the 07:58 to Oxford and the 17:43 to Great Malvern. There are no trains at weekends.[1]
It was opened as Combe Halt by the Great Western Railway in 1935, originally having two platforms.[2] In 2012, it was equipped with the modern Customer Information display screen now found on most First Great Western stations, plus an automatic train announcement system.
The station is about half a mile from the village of Combe (to the NW) and the hamlet of Combe East End (to the NE).
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finstock | Great Western Railway Cotswold Line Mondays-Fridays only |
Hanborough | ||
References
Notes
- ↑ Table 126 National Rail timetable, May 12
- ↑ Robertson 1990, p. .
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Robertson, Kevin (1990). Great Western Railway Halts. 1. Pinner: Irwell Press. ISBN 1-871608-17-1.
Coordinates: 51°49′55″N 1°23′35″W / 51.832°N 1.393°W