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Wantage railway station is a closed stone and brick built station located on Mill Street, Wantage in Oxfordshire on the Wantage Tramway line. The station closed fully in 1945 when Wantage Tramway ceased operations. ==History== Formed in 1873 to link Wantage Road station with its terminus at Wantage the line was cheaply built parallel to what was then the ''Besselsleigh Turnpike'', and now the A338. The line was opened for goods on 1 October 1875, and to passengers on 11 October. The tramway junction was to the east of Wantage Road station; interchange passengers walked under the bridge to reach the tramway yard, where the westernmost siding (parallel to the road) was reserved for passenger tramcars.〔 First run using horse drawn rolling stock, the line became the first to adopt mechanical traction converting to standard gauge locomotives in the 1860s. For most of its operation the line was well used and profitable but the advent of popular road transport saw a steady decline in passengers and freight.〔 The tramway closed to passengers on 1 August 1925, and to goods on 22 December 1945.〔〔(Wantage Museum )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wantage railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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