Английская Википедия:Appleford railway station
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Appleford railway station serves the village of Appleford-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England, as well as nearby settlements such as Sutton Courtenay. It is on the Cherwell Valley Line between Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws, Шаблон:Convert measured from Шаблон:Stn. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway.
Layout
The station entrance is on a humpback bridge and passengers must descend steep steps to the platforms.
Platform 1 is for Down trains towards Шаблон:Rws, and Platform 2 is for Up trains towards Didcot Parkway. South of the station is a pedestrian level crossing; the barrier is normally lowered with lights off. The user has to press a button for the signaller to raise the barriers; then they are lowered again once the user is clear of the crossing. The lights are only used to warn people that the barriers are coming down.
History
The station opened originally with the line from Didcot to Oxford, on 12 June 1844. It had been planned and partly built by the Oxford Railway, which was absorbed into the Great Western Railway before the opening of the line. It was however closed after just a few years in February 1849.
The Great Western Railway reopened the station as "Appleford Halt" on 11 September 1933 in response to growing competition from buses.
The station then passed to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
British Rail discontinued its "Halt" suffix on 5 May 1969. The station was served by Network SouthEast when sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s.
Unusually, until recentlyШаблон:When it retained the original wooden platforms and corrugated iron pagoda-roofed waiting shelters. These have been replaced by "bus shelter"-like waiting shelters. The station has never been staffed; originally passengers could buy tickets at the village post office, but since this has closed, they need to buy tickets from the guard.
Services
Appleford station is served by stopping services run by Great Western Railway between Didcot Parkway and Шаблон:Rws. In total there are 12 services each way with a two-hourly interval between trains, but shorter intervals at peak times. Most services continue beyond Oxford towards Banbury.
Since the start of the Winter 2014 timetable, trains no longer call at Appleford on Sundays, and since the start of the Winter 2018 timetable, the direct link to Шаблон:Rws was cut, in order for electric trains to run between Шаблон:Rws and Didcot Parkway.[1]
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