Winslow Road railway station
| Winslow Road | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | East Claydon |
| Local authority | Buckinghamshire |
| Grid reference | SP750260 |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Metropolitan Railway Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1868 | Opened |
| 1936 | Closed to local passengers and goods |
| 1947 | Line closed |
| Replaced by | none |
| Other information | |
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Winslow Road railway station served the village of East Claydon near Winslow to the north of Quainton in Buckinghamshire, England. It was the second station to serve the town after Winslow on the Varsity Line.
History
The station was opened by the
The original A&BR station, which was situated to the north of a
Winslow Road saw little passenger traffic,[19] which may be attributed to its location a little over a mile from the village of Winslow which it purported to serve and which had its own conveniently sited station on the Oxford to Bletchley line since May 1850.[2][20] During 1939, work started on singling the line south of Winslow Road, with the double track left on a section from a pair of stops near the station to Verney Junction.[21] The work was completed by 28 January 1940 and the line south of Winslow Road became effectively a long siding.[21][15] Train crews operated the level crossing gates and all signalling was removed to make the route one section between two junctions.[21] Freight traffic from the Oxford to Bletchley line was rerouted via a connecting spur near Calvert which was brought into use on 14 September 1940, thereby allowing trains to work south over the Great Central Main Line.[22]
After closure, the track was eventually lifted although the northern section of the route between Verney Junction and Winslow Road was retained until 1957 for the storage of condemned rolling stock, with the track finally being removed in 1961.[23][15][21]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verney Junction Line and station closed |
Metropolitan Railway Verney Junction Branch |
Granborough Road Line and station closed |
Present day
The site of Winslow Road has been reused for dog kennels.[24][19][25] A brick pig sty was constructed between the platforms and this now forms part of the kennels.[26][27] A fragment of the Up platform complete with blue bricks survives to the left of the former pig sty.[27][28]
Due to its association with the
References
Notes
- ^ Quick (2009), p. 415.
- ^ a b Butt (1995), p. 252.
- ^ Davies & Grant (1984), p. 84.
- ^ Simpson (1985), p. 8.
- ^ a b Oppitz (2000), p. 30.
- ^ a b Simpson (1994), p. 133.
- ^ Simpson (1985), p. 9.
- ^ a b Awdry (1990), p. 207.
- ^ a b c Leleux (1984), p. 37.
- ^ Davies & Grant (1984), p. 85.
- ^ a b Davies & Grant (1984), p. 89.
- ^ Clinker (1978), p. 149.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith (2006), fig. 54.
- ^ Oppitz (2000), p. 38.
- ^ a b c Simpson (1985), p. 108.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith (2006), fig. 52.
- ^ Simpson (1985), pp. 108, 112.
- ^ Simpson (1985), p. 107.
- ^ a b Shannon (1996), p. 117.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith (2006), fig. XIV.
- ^ a b c d Grigg (1980), p. 67.
- ^ Davies & Grant (1984), pp. 89–90.
- ^ Davies & Grant (1984), p. 91.
- ^ Davies & Grant (1984), p. 219.
- ^ Oppitz (2000), p. 39.
- ^ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
- ^ a b Williams, Hywell (31 March 2005). "Metropolitan - from Quainton Road to Verney Junction". Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Aylesbury - Verney Junction (Pt. 2)". Abandoned Tube Stations. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
Sources
- OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- OL 11956311M.
- Clinker, C. R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. OCLC 5726624.
- Davies, R.; Grant, M.D. (1984) [1975]. Forgotten Railways: Chilterns and Cotswolds. Newton Abbot, Devon: ISBN 0-946537-07-0.
- Grigg, A.E. (1980). Town of Trains: Bletchley and the Oxbridge line. Buckingham: Barracuda Books. ISBN 0-86023-115-1.
- Leleux, Robin (1984) [1976]. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The East Midlands. Vol. 9. Newton Abbot, Devon: David St. John Thomas. ISBN 978-0-946537-06-8.
- Oppitz, Leslie (2000). Lost Railways of the Chilterns. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-108-1.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (November 2006). Aylesbury to Rugby (Midland Main Lines). Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-904474-91-3.
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: OCLC 612226077.
- Shannon, Paul (1996) [1995]. British Railways Past and Present: Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and West Hertfordshire. Wadenhoe, Peterborough: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85895-073-0. No. 24.
- Simpson, Bill (1994) [1978]. Banbury to Verney Junction Branch. Banbury, Oxon: Lamplight Publications. ISBN 978-1-899246-00-7.
- Simpson, Bill (1985). The Brill Tramway including the Railway from Aylesbury to Verney Junction. Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-218-4.
Further reading
- Simpson, Bill (2005). A History of the Metropolitan Railway: From Aylesbury north to Verney Junction and Brill. Vol. 3. Banbury, Oxon: Lamplight Publications. ISBN 978-1-899246-13-7.
- Simpson, Bill (2011). Quainton Road Station and other stations in the Vale of Aylesbury. Banbury, Oxon: Lamplight Publications. ISBN 978-1-899246-52-6.