West Wycombe railway station
| West Wycombe | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | West Wycombe |
| Area | District of Wycombe |
| Grid reference | SU838945 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Wycombe Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 August 1862 | Line opens from High Wycombe to Thame |
| 1862 | Station Opened |
| 3 November 1958 | Station Closed |
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West Wycombe railway station was a railway station that served the village of West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Situated about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the village the station opened in 1862 and closed in 1958. Minutes of the Wycombe Railway state that construction of West Wycombe station in 1862 cost £430 8s 8d equivalent to £35,836 in 2016, with additional general works at £417 8s 8d equivalent to £34,753 in 2016.[1]
History
West Wycombe original station was an intermediate station on the Wycombe Railway and opened on 1 August 1862, the station was provided with a single platform and a station building of typical Wycombe Railway design which was repeated exactly at Princes Risborough and Wheatley. although other stations Cookham, Marlow Road, Wooburn Green, Loudwater and Bledlow had the same design with an additional crossing keepers house attached.
West Wycombe station was rebuilt in 1906 and provided with a new two platform station, there are a number of photographs of both the original Wycombe railway stations taken by SWA Newton http://www.transportarchive.org.uk/getobject.php?rnum=L1429&searchitem=west wycombe&mtv=L1&pnum=1
The Wycombe Railway had reached High Wycombe (then known simply as Wycombe) on 1 August 1854; on 1 August 1862, it was extended to Thame.[2] The line between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough was upgraded, doubled and transferred to the new Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway, the improved line coming into use on 2 April 1906.[3]
Passenger services were withdrawn from West Wycombe on 3 November 1958.[4] The line remains active, and plans for reopening the station have been discussed. A reopened station would serve the extensive western suburbs of High Wycombe.
This station has now been demolished and now has flats built on some of the land.
Routes
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saunderton Line and station open |
Great Western Railway London-Birmingham |
High Wycombe Line and station open | ||
Notes
- ↑ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2015), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
- ↑ MacDermot, vol. I part I, p.438
- ↑ MacDermot, vol. II, p. 432
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith, fig. 103
References
- MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. I (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
- MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. II (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (April 2002). Paddington to Princes Risborough. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-81-8.
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Coordinates: 51°38′35″N 0°47′25″W / 51.6430°N 0.7903°W