Closed railway station: Aynho for Deddington, Oxfordshire

[editor]

Here's a lovely old station that has been looked after since closing in 1964.

I've always wanted to live in old station.

http://www.urban75.org/blog/closed-railway-stations-aynho-for-deddington-oxfordshire/

 

[Bungle73]

The former Baynard's Station on what is now the Downs Link bridleway is another excellently preserved railway station, now privately owned. The owners are disproving of people taking pictures though. Apparently they've got a load of signs to that effect up, but I haven't ridden the Downs Link since 1999

 

[editor]

There's a tour there once a year:

In February 1957 the BBC filmed a version of The Railway Children here. The Stationmaster during this period, Geoff Burdfield, won a prize for the best display of dahlias on the railway line; he had around 1000 dahlias of 240 different varieties which were grown behind the platforms. After closure of the line in 1965, Burdfield erected a 52 x 12*ft (3.7 m) glasshouse on one platform and cold frame on the trackbed. He remained at Baynards until 1970 and finally retired as a relief signalman in 1980, having spent 44 years working for the railway.

The station building was auctioned on 21 June 1973 at Bramley Grange Hotel where it was purchased by its current owners who have carefully restored it to its original condition. Every year the Rudgwick Preservation Society organises a guided walk to the station where the owners give a tour, attracting up to 150 people.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baynards_railway_station

More: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/baynards/index.shtml

 

[agricola]

I've always wanted to live in old station.

Likewise. As an aside, the old station at Cemmaes Road in Gogland has been on the market for some time, it would take a lot of work but the platform looks recoverable:

£160,000 for that neck of the woods is a lot of money though, and thats even with the occasional visit from this type of thing.

 

[davesgcr]

Nice one - ex junction for Dinas Mawddyw (up to 1951) - and some rumours about Lloyd George there also ....(apparently)

 

[Spymaster]

Likewise. As an aside, the old station at Cemmaes Road in Gogland has been on the market for some time, it would take a lot of work but the platform looks recoverable:

£160,000 for that neck of the woods is a lot of money though, and thats even with the occasional visit from this type of thing.

Those tracks look pretty well used.

Would you have commuter trains thundering past every half an hour?

 

[agricola]

Those tracks look pretty well used.

Would you have commuter trains thundering past every half an hour?

I dont think so - IIRC that line (the Cambrian) has either an hourly, or two-hourly service.

 

[paula burdfield]

after seeing that the owners of baynards station will not allow pictures on anymore, I need to comment. my family and I were verbally shouted at by the owner for looking at the property a couple of years ago ....... the property ! sorry the train station that my grandad ran all those years growing his beautiful dalias, the house that my dad grew up in with his brother, the house that that my two sisters and I played in as small children. many memories.
may I suggest that you don't live in property with history and expect total privacy! history is there for all of us in many ways!