Horspath Halt railway station

Horspath Halt
General information
Location	Horspath, South Oxfordshire England
Grid reference	SP572046
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 February 1908[1]	Opened
22 March 1915	Closed
5 June 1933	Reopened a short distance to the west
7 January 1963[2]	Closed
1969[3]	Track lifted

Horspath Halt was an intermediate station on the Wycombe Railway which served the Oxfordshire village of Horspath from 1908 to 1915, and then from 1933 to 1963. The opening of the halt was part of an attempt by the Great Western Railway to encourage more passengers on the line at a time when competition from bus services was drawing away patronage. The possibility of reopening the line through Horspath Halt has been explored by Chiltern Railways, the franchise holder for the Chiltern Main Line which runs through Princes Risborough.