Chinnor railway station

Chinnor
Chinnor railway station in 2008
Location
Place	Chinnor
Area	South Oxfordshire
Coordinates	51°41′52″N 0°54′25″W / 51.6978°N 0.9069°W / 51.6978; -0.9069Coordinates: 51°41′52″N 0°54′25″W / 51.6978°N 0.9069°W / 51.6978; -0.9069
Grid reference	SP756004
Operations
Original company	Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
15 August 1872	Station opened
1 July 1957	Station closed
20 August 1994	Station reopened
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Chinnor railway station in Oxfordshire is on the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway. It was opened in 1872.

History

The line was projected to be extended to Wallingford, where it would complete a cross-country line between Cholsey and Princes Risborough. However, due to financial difficulties the Watlington - Wallingford section was never built. The line was always single track.

British Railways closed the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway to passengers in 1957^[1] and to goods in 1961. The station was demolished but the section of line between Princes Risborough and Chinnor remained open for cement traffic until 1987.

Chinnor station was rebuilt by the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Association and reopened in 1994. Access to the station is from the 'wrong' side of the tracks compared with the original layout (i.e. you have to cross the line to get to the station).

Routes

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Chinnor

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Wainhill Crossing Halt Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway		Kingston Crossing Halt Line and station closed

References

1. ^ Oppitz, 2000, page 22

Bibliography

• Karau, Paul; Turner, Chris (1998). Country branch line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol 1: The story of the line from 1872-1961. Didcot: Wild Swan. ISBN 1 874103 43 7. 
• Karau, Paul; Turner, Chris (1998). Country branch line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol 2: The stations. Didcot: Wild Swan. ISBN 1 874103 46 1. 
• Oppitz, Leslie (2000). Lost Railways of the Chilterns. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 20–23. ISBN 1 85306 643 5.