Haddenham railway station (Buckinghamshire)
Former railway station in England
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Haddenham railway station was on the former Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway between Princes Risborough and Ashendon Junction.[2] It was closed in 1963.
Haddenham | |||||
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Site of Haddenham station in 2007. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire England | ||||
| Grid reference | SP735081 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
Original company | Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | GW & GC Joint | ||||
| Post-grouping | GW & GC Joint | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 2 April 1906 | Station opened | ||||
| 7 January 1963[1] | Station closed | ||||
| 5 October 1987 | Reopened as Haddenham & Thame Parkway | ||||
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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.[3][4] 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.[5][6][7] The only station originally provided on that new line was Haddenham,[8] which was built on the western side of Haddenham village, on the north side of the present-day Station Road.[9] The station was closed on 7 January 1963.[5]
Twenty-four years later, a new station was opened about 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) to the north-west, named Haddenham and Thame Parkway.
Route
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| 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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