Culham railway station
Railway station in Oxfordshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Culham railway station serves the village of Culham in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the Cherwell Valley Line between Didcot Parkway and Banbury, 56 miles 17 chains (90.5 km) from London Paddington. It is served by local train services provided by Great Western Railway.
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General information | |||||
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Location | Culham, South Oxfordshire England | ||||
Grid reference | SU529953 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | CUM | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1844 | ||||
Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | GWR | ||||
Post-grouping | GWR | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 92,784 | ||||
2019/20 | 107,072 | ||||
2020/21 | 21,586 | ||||
2021/22 | 60,142 | ||||
2022/23 | 80,752 | ||||
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The station is just off the A415 road, between the villages of Culham and Clifton Hampden.
It is close to Culham Science Centre, an 80-hectare (200-acre) scientific research site housing two nuclear fusion experiments: JET and MAST. The Science Centre was built on the site of RNAS Culham (HMS Hornbill), a World War II airfield.