Aynho Park railway station
Aynho Park | |
|---|---|
 Street-level building of the former station in May 2009, seen from the B4031 road. The path on the right leads up to the site of the former up platform. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Aynho, West Northamptonshire England |
| Grid reference | SP500323 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 July 1910 |
| Closed | 7 January 1963 |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR Western Region of British Railways |
Aynho Park was a railway station serving the village of Aynho in Northamptonshire, England. It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line.
History
[edit]Aynho Park was the northernmost of six new stations that the Great Western Railway provided when it opened the high-speed Bicester cut-off line between Ashendon Junction and Aynho Junction for passengers on 1 July 1910.[1][2]
The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways closed Aynho Park station in 1963.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Sutton Line and station open |
Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off" |
Ardley Line open, station closed | ||
The site today
[edit]Trains on the Chiltern Main Line pass the site.
Notes
[edit]- ^ MacDermot 1931, pp. 448–449.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2002, fig. 82.
References
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- 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.
External links
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