Radley railway station serves the villages of Radley and Lower Radley, as well as the town of Abingdon, in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the Cherwell Valley Line between Culham and Oxford, measured from .
History
The station was formerly a junction station for a branch to the adjacent town of Abingdon. Opened on 8 September 1873 by the Great Western Railway, it replaced the original interchange, , opened in 1856. The branch line to Abingdon was closed to passengers by the British Railways Board in 1963. The branch continued to be used by freight trains (notably for MG Cars) and sporadic passenger excursions, the last of which took place in June 1984. It was also sometimes pressed into service as an overnight stabling point for the Royal Train during royal visits to Oxfordshire, in connection with which the train is known to have stopped at the station on at least one occasion.
Facilities The station was renovated during 2008, with a new footbridge, shelters, a new car park and increased cycle storage. The station also has a ticket machine and help points.
Passenger volume In recent years passenger traffic at Radley has grown rapidly. In the five years between 2005 and 2010, the number of passengers using the station increased by 38%. +Passenger Volume at Radley2002–032004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–23Entries and exits55,82454,15357,65156,86066,01874,51474,82084,80498,846114,766118,868138,896145,904145,348141,786129,982135,78020,83069,982102,132 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
All services at Radley are operated by Great Western Railway.
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between and , with alternate trains continuing beyond Oxford to and from every two hours. Additional services call at the station during the peak hours. On Sundays, the station is served by hourly intercity services between and with some services continuing to and from , and .
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