{"id":9,"date":"2026-08-08T19:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dands.uk\/ssops2\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:33:32","slug":"shrivenham-station-ops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dands.uk\/ssops\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrivenham Station OPS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This study is about the railway station near Shrivenham. The station was open for almost 125 years;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>opened on the 17th December 1840<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>closed to passengers on the 7th December 1964<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>finally closed to goods traffic on the 4th October 1965<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dands.uk\/ssops\/historical-timeline\/\" title=\"Historical Timeline\">historical timeline page<\/a> for more events in the history of the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The railway line is still open, being part of the busy mainline from London Paddington to Bristol, South Wales and the West Country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The site is situated about 3\u20444 mile (1.2 km) south of the village of Shrivenham and easy to see from the road bridge over the tracks, as a number of buildings remain. It is currently in Oxfordshire but was in Berkshire until the 1974 reorganisation of the English and Welsh counties (governed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Local_Government_Act_1972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Local Government Act 1972).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This study will primarilly look at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>History of the railway station<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Railway Staff who worked there<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Railway Accidents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The role of the station during wartime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What remains at the site after the station closed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that this study concerns the former railway station and should not be confused with the \u201cShrivenham Station\u201d military establishment the other side of the village of Shrivenham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group dands-front-page-cards is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5a23bf8e wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group dands-front-page-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button dands-front-page-card__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dands.uk\/ssops\/historical-timeline\/\">Historical Timeline<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"dands-front-page-card__description wp-block-paragraph\">Timeline of things that happened at the station and railway line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group dands-front-page-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button dands-front-page-card__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dands.uk\/ssops\/accidents\/\">Accidents<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"dands-front-page-card__description wp-block-paragraph\">Railway related accidents in chronological order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group dands-front-page-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button dands-front-page-card__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\">People<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"dands-front-page-card__description wp-block-paragraph\">List of people who worked at the station or were otherwise involved complete with sources (under construction).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This study is about the railway station near Shrivenham. The station was open for almost 125 years; Please see the historical timeline page for more events in the history of the station. The railway line is still open, being part of the busy mainline from London Paddington to Bristol, South Wales and the West Country. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Shrivenham Station One-Place Study - A study of the place and its people","description":"This study is about the railway station near Shrivenham. 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