Kings Sutton railway station

Kings Sutton

Location
Place	King's Sutton
Local authority	District of South Northamptonshire
Coordinates	52°01′16″N 1°16′52″W / 52.021°N 1.281°W / 52.021; -1.281Coordinates: 52°01′16″N 1°16′52″W / 52.021°N 1.281°W / 52.021; -1.281
Grid reference	SP494360
Operations
Station code	KGS
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	44,806
2011/12	43,922
2012/13	47,970
2013/14	51,672
2014/15	63,340
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
1 December 1873 (1873-12-01)	Opened as King's Sutton
2 November 1964	Renamed King's Sutton Halt
6 May 1968	Renamed King's Sutton
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kings Sutton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Kings Sutton railway station serves the village of King's Sutton in Northamptonshire, England. It is also the nearest railway station to the town of Brackley. The station is managed by Chiltern Railways, who provide services along with First Great Western.

History

The Great Western Railway built the Oxford — Banbury section of the Oxford and Rugby Railway between 1845 and 1850. However, the GWR did not open a station at King's Sutton station until 1872.^[1] By 1881 the arrival of the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway via Chipping Norton had made King's Sutton a junction. British Railways withdrew passenger services between King's Sutton and Chipping Norton in 1951 and closed the B&CDR line to freight traffic in 1964. The station was reduced to an unstaffed halt from 2 November 1964.^[2] BR removed King's Sutton station footbridge in the 1960s and replaced with a signal-controlled barrow crossing at the North end of the platform. An incident in early 2005 where a passenger was nearly hit by an express train saw the Northbound platform closed for a short period whilst security guards were brought in to man the crossing. This led to work starting on the bridge in late 2005 and completion in May 2006.^[3] The old passenger shelter on the up platform was replaced by a new plastic and metal 'bus-shelter' style one.

A late night robbery in 2001 led Chiltern Railways to raise security concerns. As a result, CCTV cameras were installed in 2002.

Routes and operators

King's Sutton station was upgraded and regained its footbridge in 2006.

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways around King's Sutton

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Banbury		Great Western Railway Cherwell Valley Line	Heyford
Banbury		Chiltern Railways London — Birmingham	Bicester North
Banbury		Chiltern Railways Banbury to Oxford Limited Service	Heyford
	Historical railways
Banbury Line and station open		Great Western Railway Oxford and Rugby Railway	Aynho for Deddington Line open, station closed
		Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off"	Aynho Park Line open, station closed
		Great Western Railway Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway	Adderbury Line and station closed

Gallery

The station in 2010. King's Sutton station was upgraded, got a new shelter and re-gained its footbridge in 2006
The station in 2010. King's Sutton station was upgraded, got a new shelter and re-gained its footbridge in 2006
King's Sutton village as seen from the station in 2000. The station was upgraded and re-gained its footbridge in 2006. The elderly chain-link fence was replaced in 2009.
The station in 2000. The old Network South East name plate was re-painted in Chiltern Railways livery in 2008. The stub of the original platform by the red warning sign, that was demolished in the 1960s, was removed in the 2009 revamp by Chiltern Railways.

References

↑ Compton, Hugh J. (1976). The Oxford Canal. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 117. ISBN 0-7153-7238-6.
↑ "Services withdrawn by L.M.R.". Railway Magazine. Vol. 110 no. 764. Westminster: Tothill Press. December 1964. p. 920.
↑ http://www.nusteelstructures.com/pages/gallery_overrail.html

External links

Train times and station information for Kings Sutton railway station from National Rail

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