Shipton railway station

Shipton railway station serves the villages of Shipton-under-Wychwood and Milton-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway.[1]

Shipton
Shipton railway station in 2007
Location
PlaceShipton-under-Wychwood
Local authorityWest Oxfordshire
Grid referenceSP281186
Operations
Station codeSIP
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 4,884
2015/16 5,660
2016/17 6,568
2017/18 4,572
2018/19 4,524
History
Key datesOpened 4 June 1853 (4 June 1853)
Original companyOxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGWR
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shipton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Services

Shipton is served by 2-3 trains in each direction each weekday. The up trains are a morning service to Didcot Parkway and an early evening service to Oxford, which is operated by a Class 800 Intercity Express Train (IET). The down services are an early evening service to Moreton-in-Marsh and two later services to Worcester.

Up Saturday services are enhanced, with four services running through to London Paddington. Down Saturday services consist of one afternoon train and three evening trains originating from Paddington and running to Worcester or Great Malvern.[2]

There is no Sunday service from Shipton in either direction. A normal service weekday service operates on most bank holidays.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Kingham   Great Western Railway
Cotswold Line
Mondays-Saturdays only		   Ascott-under-Wychwood
(Charlbury on Saturdays)

References
  1. "Shipton Railway Station". Great Western Railway. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. "T6 Train times" (PDF). GWR. 15 December 2019 – 16 May 2020.


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