Hinksey Halt railway station
# Hinksey Halt railway station

Hinksey Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve New Hinksey, a suburb of Oxford.

## History

The station was situated on the main Didcot to Oxford railway line, to the north of the site of Millstream Junction, the junction for the original terminus at Oxford (Grandpont), which was later a goods station but had closed by 1900. Access to Hinksey Halt was via Norreys Avenue and a footpath across the adjacent reservoir. The reservoir was formerly a ballast pit, dug by the GWR between 1844 and 1848.

It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the route between Oxford and Wheatley.

Services were provided by steam railmotors based at Oxford, which was also the western terminus; the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough. When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed. The line remains open for passenger services between Reading and Oxford, but these do not call at Hinksey Halt.

## Route

vte Railways around Oxford :

Legend :

| to Banbury | | |
| - | - | - |
| to Worcester | to Bicester | to Bicester |
| to Witney and Fairford | Oxford Parkway | Oxford Parkway |
| Yarnton | Oxford Road Halt | Oxford Road Halt |
| Yarnton Loop | City boundary | City boundary |
| Wolvercot Junction | | |
| Wolvercot Platform | Wolvercote Halt | Wolvercote Halt |
| Oxford North Junction | | |
| | Port Meadow Halt | Port Meadow Halt |
| Exchange sidings | | |
| Sheepwash Channel | Rewley Road Swing Bridge | Rewley Road Swing Bridge |
| Oxford | Oxford Rewley Road | Oxford Rewley Road |
| Osney Rail Bridge | | |
| Gasworks Bridge | Oxford Gas Works | Oxford Gas Works |
| | River Isis | River Isis |
| City boundary | Oxford (Grandpont) Goods | Oxford (Grandpont) Goods |
| Hinksey Halt | | |
| | Millstream Junction | Millstream Junction |
| Abingdon Road Halt | | |
| | Kennington Junction | Kennington Junction |
| Radley | Iffley Halt | Iffley Halt |
| to Didcot | Kennington Railway Bridge | Kennington Railway Bridge |
| | Littlemore | Littlemore |
| | Morris Cowley | Morris Cowley |
| | BMW Mini terminal | BMW Mini terminal |
| | Horspath Halt | Horspath Halt |
| | to Princes Risborough | to Princes Risborough |
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
| Oxford Line and station open | Great Western Railway 1908-1915 | Abingdon Road Halt Line open, station closed |
