Launton railway station

Launton
DMU departs from station in 1967.
General information
Location	Launton, Cherwell England
Grid reference	SP618235
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Buckinghamshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
October 1850	Opened
1 January 1968	Closed

Launton railway station served the village of Launton in Oxfordshire. It was on the Varsity Line between Bletchley and Oxford. The station opened in 1850; British Railways closed Launton station, and withdrew passenger services at the end of 1967.

Varsity Line
GER line to Ipswich GER line to Mildenhall West Anglia Main Line Fen line Cambridge Cambridge (LNWR) Goods Cambridge line GER line to Huntingdon Note: Alignment west of Cambridge is now track of Mullard Observatory's moving telescope Lord's Bridge Toft and Kingston Old North Road Gamlingay Potton Great Northern Railway East Coast Main Line (LNWR) Sandy Sandy Great Northern Railway East Coast Main Line Girtford Halt River Ivel former navigation Blunham Willington Bedford St Johns former site Bedford St Johns current site Bedford Midland Bedford–Hitchin line (Midland Railway) Kempston and Elstow Halt Midland Main Line Kempston Hardwick Wootton Broadmead Halt Stewartby Millbrook Bedford to Bletchley Lidlington operates as the Ridgmont Marston Vale line Husborne Crawley Aspley Guise Woburn Sands Bow Brickhill Grand Junction Canal Fenny Stratford Bletchley TMD LNWR West Coast Main Line Bletchley Swanbourne Winslow Verney Junction Metropolitan Railway to Banbury Claydon Winslow Road Reversing siding of freight line to Calvert Granborough Road Great Central Main Line to Finmere Marsh Gibbon and Poundon Calvert Launton Calvert landfill Grendon Underwood Junction Quainton Road Junction Great Central Main Line (London–Aylesbury line) Quainton Road open only on Bank Holidays Metropolitan Railway to Aylesbury GWR Bicester Cut-off line Bicester chord Bicester London Road Bicester Military Railway Wendlebury Halt GWR Oxford and Rugby Railway Charlton Halt Oddington Halt GWR Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Islip Oxford Parkway GWR former Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway Oxford Road Halt Yarnton Oxford Canal Buckinghamshire Junction Railway Wolvercote Junction Dukes Cut Wolvercote Tunnel Wolvercot Platform Wolvercote Halt Oxford Canal Oxford North Junction Port Meadow Halt Sheepwash Channel Rewley Road Swing Bridge Oxford General Oxford Rewley Road Cherwell Valley line

Routes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bicester London Road Line closed, station open		London and North Western Railway Varsity Line		Marsh Gibbon and Poundon Line and station closed