Haddenham (Bucks) railway station
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Site of Haddenham station in 2007. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Haddenham, Buckinghamshire |
| Area | District of Aylesbury Vale |
| Grid reference | SP735081 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GW & GC Joint |
| Post-grouping | GW & GC Joint |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 2 April 1906 | Station opened |
| 5 January 1963 | Station closed |
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Haddenham railway station was on the former Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway between Princes Risborough and Ashendon Junction.[1] It was closed in 1963.
History
The Great Western & Great Central Joint Committee was created on 1 August 1899 with the dual objective of providing the Great Central Railway with a second route into London, bypassing the Metropolitan Railway; and of providing the Great Western Railway with a shorter route to the Midlands.[2][3] The line ran from Northolt Junction to Ashendon Junction; the central section of its route was an existing GWR line. North of Princes Risborough a new line was constructed, which opened for goods on 20 November 1905, and for passengers on 2 April 1906.[4][5][6] The only station originally provided on that new line was Haddenham,[7] which was built on the western side of Haddenham village, on the north side of the present-day Station Road.[8] The station was closed on 7 January 1963.[4]
Twenty-four years later, a new station was opened about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the north-west, named Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Route
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorton Halt Line open, station closed |
Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off" |
Ilmer Halt Line open, station closed | ||
| Wotton Line and station closed |
Great Central Railway London Extension |
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Notes
- ↑ Pre-Grouping Atlas, p. 10, section E3
- ↑ MacDermot, p.416
- ↑ Jenkins, pp.8-9
- 1 2 Butt 1995, p.111
- ↑ Jenkins, p.11
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith, Historical Background
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith, fig. 22
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith, fig. V
References
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (5th ed.). 1" = 8 miles. Cartography by W. Philip Conolly. Ian Allan. 1976. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
- Jenkins, Stanley C. (1978). The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Blandford: Oakwood Press.
- MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. II (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (September 2002). Princes Risborough to Banbury. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-85-0.
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Coordinates: 51°46′02″N 0°56′08″W / 51.7672°N 0.9356°W