GC4DBXK Wallingford Station (Traditional Cache) in Southern England, United Kingdom created by Geo-Myck

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Geo-Myck: [red]This one has disappeared for the last time. I am afraid I will not be replacing it this time. Thanks to everyone that came to find this one.

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Hidden : 6/1/2013

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is to remember Wallingford Station that was on this site from 1866 to around 1969 when the Line was shortened by 500 meters to the malting plant on Hithercroft Road.

On 2 July 1866, the Wallingford & Watlington Railway was opened from a junction with the GWR main line at Moulsford (hitherto known as Wallingford Road) to Wallingford, where a station was constructed on the south side of Station Road. The line never proceeded beyond, so did not reach the second-named town in its title.*
For such a short line and a small station, the location was well patronised by commercial freight customers. The original Wallingford creamery was taken over by the Co-op Wholesale Society and had its own private siding access from the goods yard to allow access for milk trains, which then took product to London until the late 1950s. There was also a Malting Plant with rail access.*
In 1969 the line was shortened by 500 metres (1,600 ft), back to the location of the malting plant on Hithercroft Road, which was the only remaining goods customer. When traffic from this source stopped in 1981 the line was closed. The new Wallingford station was built at this location, on the south side of St. Johns Road, when the line reopened as a heritage railway.*

* Wikipedia

You are looking for a 35mm cache without a pencil so please bring your own.

I have waypoint averaged this location 5 times now for 10 mins each visit and find that on street view its still way off. Good luck

Well done to Geodog45 for