Railways
A railway station on the Oxford and Rugby Railway near Langford Lane was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and opened in 1852. The station was named Woodstock Road, although it was nearly 3 miles (5 km) from Woodstock and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from Kidlington. The Oxford and Rugby Railway was part of the Great Western Railway, which in 1890 added a branch line to a new Blenheim and Woodstock railway station at Woodstock and renamed Woodstock Road "Kidlington". British Railways closed Kidlington railway station in 1964. The station building remained in 1983. Speculation from the 1980s onwards was that a new station might be built on land between Flatford Place and Thorne Close on Lyne Road.
Oxford Road Halt on the former Varsity Line, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the centre of Kidlington, was opened by the London and North Western Railway in 1905 and closed by its successor the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1926. Train operator Chiltern Railways plans to build a new Water Eaton Parkway railway station on the site of the former halt as part of its Project Evergreen3 development programme, opening in around 2013, with frequent services to London Marylebone taking one hour.
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