Kings Sutton railway station

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 most of the services. Great Western Railway also provide train services from London Paddington and Oxford to Banbury.

Kings Sutton
Location
PlaceKing's Sutton
Local authorityDistrict of South Northamptonshire
Coordinates52.021°N 1.281°W / 52.021; -1.281
Grid referenceSP494360
Operations
Station codeKGS
Managed byChiltern Railways
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 63,340
2015/16 71,644
2016/17 67,384
2017/18 65,400
2018/19 75,554
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
1 December 1873 (1873-12-01)Opened as King's Sutton
2 November 1964Renamed King's Sutton Halt
6 May 1968Renamed King's Sutton
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • 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.

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 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.

King's Sutton is the least used station in the county of Northamptonshire.[4]

Routes and operators
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
  • King's Sutton village as seen from the station in 2000. The chain-link fence was replaced in 2009.
  • The station in 2010. King's Sutton station was upgraded, got a new shelter and re-gained its footbridge in 2006

References
  1. Compton, Hugh J. (1976). The Oxford Canal. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 117. ISBN 0-7153-7238-6.
  2. "Services withdrawn by L.M.R.". Railway Magazine. Vol. 110 no. 764. Westminster: Tothill Press. December 1964. p. 920.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Office of Rail and Road statistics".
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