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'''Combe railway station''' serves the village of [[Combe, Oxfordshire|Combe]] in [[Oxfordshire]], [[England]]. It is on the [[Cotswold Line]]. This station and all trains serving it are run by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]].
'''Combe railway station''' serves the village of [[Combe, Oxfordshire|Combe]] in [[Oxfordshire]], [[England]]. It is on the [[Cotswold Line]]. This station and all trains serving it are run by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]].



Revision as of 10:08, 12 December 2018

Combe
General information
LocationWest Oxfordshire
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeCME
History
Opened8 July 1935
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGWR
Key dates
1935Opened

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 Didcot Parkway and the 17:39 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 National Rail Following station
Finstock   Great Western Railway
Cotswold Line
Mondays-Fridays only
  Hanborough

References

Notes

  1. ^ Table 126 National Rail timetable, May 12
  2. ^ Robertson 1990, p. [page needed].

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Robertson, Kevin (1990). Great Western Railway Halts. Vol. 1. Pinner: Irwell Press. ISBN 1-871608-17-1. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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