Challow station in 2007, with little remaining of the original station
General information
Location
West Challow, District of Vale of White Horse England
Grid reference
SU355905
Platforms
2
Other information
Status
Disused
History
Original company
Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping
Great Western Railway
Post-grouping
GWR Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
20 July 1840
Opened as Faringdon Road
1 June 1864
Renamed Challow[1]
1932
Rebuilt
7 December 1964
Closed to passengers
29 March 1965
Closed to freight
Challow railway station is a former railway station about 2 miles (3 km) south of Stanford in the Vale on the A417 road between Wantage and Faringdon. It is named after the villages of West Challow and East Challow, which are 1.5 miles (2.4 km) and 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of the former station.
^Opening of the Faringdon Branch. Paddington: Great Western Railway (Accountants's Office). Circular A 204. 31 May 1864.
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