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Horspath Halt railway station
Horspath Halt was an intermediate station on the Wycombe Railway which served the Oxfordshire village of Horspath from 1908 to 1915, and then from 1933 to 1963. The opening of the halt was part of an attempt by the Great Western Railway to encourage more passengers on the line at a time when competition from bus services was drawing away patronage. The possibility of reopening the line through Horspath Halt has been explored by Chiltern Railways, the franchise holder for the Chiltern Main Line which runs through .
==History==
On 24 October 1864, the Wycombe Railway opened an extension of its single track line to to Kennington junction, just to the south of .〔Oppitz, 2000, page 17〕 Although the line ran through the village of Horspath, notably through a tunnel, it was to be a further 40 years before a station was opened here. In attempt to stimulate Oxford suburban traffic, the Great Western Railway opened three motor halts on the line, one of which was to be situated to the south of Horspath Tunnel. The Board of Trade approved the opening of the halts in December 1907, and they opened to traffic in February 1908; the Board of Trade's Colonel Yorke later inspected the halts the following month. As with the other halts, Horspath had a single platform, long, with a by corrugated iron passenger shelter.〔Potts, 2004, page 99〕 In the event, the halt remained open only for seven years, closing in 1915 as a wartime economy measure.〔Mitchell and Smith, 2003, plate 42〕
The halt was to reopen in 1933 as part of another push by the GWR to attract passengers; it was situated to the west of the first site.〔Simpson, 2001, page 71〕 As with which opened on the same day, Horspath Halt had a long and wide wooden platform (costing £200) with a running in board which displayed the station's name on both sides. The halt was perched on an embankment, the corrugated iron passenger shelter being suspended off the bank with the aid of timbers to the rear of the platform into the embankment side.〔 Responsibility for the unmanned halt with its single oil lamp was given to the station master at .〔Potts, 2004, page 117〕 Access to the halt was had via a sloping 1 in 10 fenced path leading up from the Cuddesdon Road where a wicket gate with a lamp was provided. It was to be initially served by 5 trains each way daily, and up to 500 passengers per month were expected.〔Potts, 2004, page 137〕
During the Second World War, the local Home Guard cut slits through the corrugated iron shelter so that, in the event of invasion, it might serve as a sort of pillbox.〔Potts, 2004, pages 159-161〕 On the basis of an estimated saving of £34,372, passenger services were withdrawn between Oxford and Princes Risborough from January 1963. The track between Thame and Morris Cowley was lifted in 1969,〔Potts, 2004, pages 235 and 238〕 the allegedly deteriorating condition of Horspath Tunnel playing a large part in the decision.〔Mitchell and Smith, 2003, plate 43〕
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