It was very small, faced with flint, had Tudor style windows and a roof that projected in the form of a canopy.

[2] On 10 May 1848 six passengers were killed and 13 injured at Shrivenham when two porters pushed a horse-box and cattle van onto the main line to free a waggon turntable.

The Exeter express struck them; the locomotive was undamaged but the side of the leading coach was torn out killing six passengers and injuring 13 more.

6007 King William III, collided with some coal wagons just outside the station that had become detached from an earlier train hauled by GWR 2800 Class 2-8-0 No.

[4][5][1] On 7 December 1964 British Railways withdrew passenger services from Shrivenham and all other intermediate stations between Didcot and Swindon.