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Didcot Coaling Stage

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Didcot Coaling Stage The Great Western Railway built a locomotive depot at Didcot when the branch line to Oxford opened in 1932, remained in use throughout the steam age and now form the nucleus of the living history museum at Didcot Railway Centre. The Coal Stage, Listed Grade II, is the only one in the UK used for its original purpose of coaling steam engines.

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