Wantage Tramway

Wantage Tramway
Centenary celebrations
Operation
Locale	Wantage
Open	1875
Close	1925 (passengers) 1945 (goods)
Status	Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Propulsion system(s)	Steam
Depot(s)	Mill Street
Statistics
Route length	Approximately 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km)

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Legend
Great Western Main Line  Swindon – Didcot  Wantage Road Passenger siding Goods yard Oxford Lane Halt Gypsy Lane loop Grove Hill Halt Wilts & Berks Canal loop Wantage lower yard Wantage

The Wantage Tramway Company was a two-mile tramway that carried passengers and freight between the Oxfordshire town of Wantage and Wantage Road Station on the Great Western Main Line in England. Formed in 1873 to link Wantage Road station with its terminus at Mill Street, Wantage the line was cheaply built^[1] parallel to what was then the Besselsleigh Turnpike, and now the A338. The tramway closed to passengers in 1925 and to goods traffic in 1945.