SideTracked - Appleford Traditional Cache
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Local information and the Cache
The cache is in the village of Appleford, it is said that the Appleford was the ford at which apples from the Harwell Orchards were brought into Oxfordshire.
History of Station
It was opened originally with the line from Didcot to Oxford. The opening was 12 June 1844, having being planned and partly built by the Oxford Railway, which was absorbed into the Great Western Railway before the opening of the line. It was however closed after just a few years in February 1849.
It was reopened as Appleford Halt by the Great Western Railway on 11 September 1933 in a bid to compete with the growing competition from the buses.
The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
Losing its "Halt" suffix and status on 5 May 1969, the station was served by Network South East when Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980's.
Unusually, until recently it retained the original wooden platforms and corrugated iron pagoda-roofed waiting shelters. These have been replaced by "bus shelter"-like waiting shelters. It has never been staffed; originally passengers could purchase tickets at the village Post office, however since this has closed down, and ticketing facilities aren't present, passengers need to purchase tickets from the on-train conductor.
Please park in the village and walk to the cache as there is no parking at the station and the road is very busy
Additional Hints
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Cynprq va n yvggyr ubyr ng gur obggbz bs gur envyvatf ba gur cngu orsber gur fgngvba fgrcf