Challow railway station is a former railway station 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the village of Stanford in the Vale on the A417 road between Wantage and Faringdon. It is named after the villages of West Challow and East Challow, which are 1.5 miles (2.4 km) and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast respectively of the former station.
When the Great Western Railway extended its main line from Reading through the Vale of White Horse in 1840 it opened the station as Faringdon Road station. After the Faringdon Railway between Uffington and Faringdon railway station opened in 1864, the GWR renamed Faringdon Road "Challow" to avoid confusion.
On 7 December 1964 British Railways withdrew passenger services from Challow and all other intermediate stations between Didcot and Swindon.
Read more about Challow Railway Station: The Station Today, Bibliography
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