Granborough Road railway station

Granborough Road
Granborough Road Location of Granborough Road in Buckinghamshire
Location	Granborough
Local authority	Aylesbury Vale
Grid reference	SP745242
Number of platforms	2
Railway companies
Original company	Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway
Pre-grouping	Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway
Key dates
23 September 1868	Opened as Grandborough Road
6 October 1920	Renamed Granborough Road
6 July 1936	Station closed
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°54′42″N 0°55′03″W / 51.9116°N 0.9176°W

Granborough Road railway station was a station serving the village of Granborough, to the north of Quainton in Buckinghamshire, England.

History

The station was opened by the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway (A&BR) on 23 September 1868^[1][2][3] as part of its 12.75-mile (20.52-kilometre) route from Aylesbury to Verney Junction where it joined the Buckinghamshire Railway's Oxford to Bletchley line.^[4][5][6] The line was single track and worked from the start by the Great Western Railway, which provided a service of three trains each way daily.^[5][7] The A&BR, which had for some time been in a parlous financial state, was absorbed by the Metropolitan Railway with effect from 1 July 1891.^{[6][8][9][10]} From 2 April 1906, all Metropolitan services north of Harrow South Junction to Verney Junction were run by the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway; this continued until 6 July 1936 when the London Passenger Transport Board, which had taken over the Metropolitan in 1933, withdrew local passenger services as an economy measure.^{[11][9][8][12]} Through services ceased entirely on 7 September 1947 and the route closed.^{[13][11][9][14]}

Whilst open, this station was accessed via a branch line off the former Great Central Main Line with the junction being just to the north of Quainton Road. The branch line continued through Winslow Road and ended at a terminating platform at Verney Junction.

Today very little remains of this station, the permanent way between Quainton Road and Verney Junction having long ago been lifted. The site is now a farmer's field and although a bit of platform does remain, the track bed itself is now a route for pylons.

Despite being over 30 miles from London and not underground, the association with the Metropolitan line means this station is considered to be one of the closed London Underground stations. It is briefly referred to as such in the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall.

Routes

A 1911 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Granborough Road (upper left; shown as Grandborough Road)

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Winslow Road		Metropolitan Railway		Quainton Road

External links

• London's Abandoned Tube Stations - Granborough Road
• Granborough Road at Disused Stations

1. Quick (2009), p. 415.
2. Butt (1995), p. 252.
3. Davies & Grant (1984), p. 84.
4. Simpson (1985), p. 8.
5. Oppitz (2000), p. 30.
6. Simpson (1994), p. 133.
7. Simpson (1985), p. 9.
8. Awdry (1990), p. 207.
9. Leleux (1984), p. 37.
10. Davies & Grant (1984), p. 85.
11. Davies & Grant (1984), p. 89.
12. Clinker (1978), p. 149.
13. Mitchell & Smith (2006), fig. 54.
14. Oppitz (2000), p. 38.