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Upton and Blewbury railway station

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Upton and Blewbury railway station

Upton and Blewbury railway station was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It served Upton, with Blewbury and West Hagbourne being only 1 mile (1.6 km) from the station. It was opened in 1882 to serve military camps in the area. Originally named Upton; Blewbury was a

dded to the name of the station in 1911 to recognise the more distant but larger village in the Vale of White Horse. In the latter part of the station's history it also served the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell. The station closed in 1962.

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