Heyford railway station

Heyford railway station serves the village of Lower Heyford and surrounding areas in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the Cherwell Valley Line and is ideally located for visiting the Oxford Canal and Heyford Wharf, which are both alongside. The station, and the ten trains each Monday to Saturday serving it, are operated by Great Western Railway.

Heyford
Location
PlaceLower Heyford
Local authorityCherwell
Grid referenceSP483247
Operations
Station codeHYD
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 38,068
2015/16 41,276
2016/17 38,610
2017/18 34,518
2018/19 39,028
History
Key datesOpened 2 September 1850 (2 September 1850)
Original companyOxford and Rugby Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Heyford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

It is 75 miles 21 chains (121.1 km) measured from London Paddington via Didcot Parkway.

Services

Trains are all operated by Great Western Railway, except for one late night weekday service at 0053 to Banbury, operated by Chiltern. Some peak trains run through to/from London Paddington at peak times, but otherwise services operate between Oxford and Banbury only and call roughly every two hours.[1]

Sundays services operate in the summer months only, usually from the May timetable change until mid-September (3 trains per day each way).

References
  1. Table 116 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
King's Sutton   Chiltern Railways
Banbury to Oxford
Limited Service		   Tackley
  Great Western Railway
Cherwell Valley Line		  
  Historical railways  
Fritwell & Somerton
Line open, station closed		   Great Western Railway
Oxford and Rugby Railway		   Tackley
Line and station open


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