- Maidenhead Boyne Hill railway station
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Maidenhead Boyne Hill Location Place Maidenhead Area Windsor and Maidenhead Coordinates 51°31′21″N 0°43′46″W / 51.522382°N 0.729408°WCoordinates: 51°31′21″N 0°43′46″W / 51.522382°N 0.729408°W Grid reference SU882811 Operations Original company Wycombe Railway Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Post-grouping GWR History 1 August 1854 Opened as Maidenhead (Wycombe Branch) 1866 Renamed Maidenhead Boyne Hill 1 November 1871 Closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZMaidenhead Boyne Hill railway station was built by the Wycombe Railway to serve the western part of Maidenhead.
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History
The station was opened on 1 August 1854 along with five other intermediate stations on the Wycombe Railway's route between Maidenhead and Wycombe.[1][2][3][4][5] It was situated on Castle Hill close to the point where the line passes under the Bath Road (the present day A4).[6][7]
The station, at first named Maidenhead (Wycombe Branch), was later renamed Maidenhead (Boyne Hill).[1][3]
Maidenhead Boyne Hill closed on 1 November 1871, being replaced the same day by Maidenhead Junction, a new station which was built to serve the whole of Maidenhead.[1][3][7][8] The line remains open for passenger services between Maidenhead and Marlow. The bricked up arches which led to the platforms can still be seen in the southern parapet of the bridge, beneath the footpath.
Route
Preceding station Historical railways Following station Maidenhead and Taplow
Line open, station closedGreat Western Railway
Wycombe RailwayCookham
Line and station openNotes
- ^ a b c MacDermot 1927, p. 89.
- ^ MacDermot 1927, pp. 333,335.
- ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 152.
- ^ Oppitz 2000, p. 14.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2002, Historical background.
- ^ Over 2001, para. 6.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 2002, fig. XV.
- ^ Over 2001, para. 8.
References
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
- MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. I (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (February 2002). Branch Lines to Henley, Windsor and Marlow. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 901706 77 X.
- Oppitz, Leslie (2000). Lost Railways of the Chilterns. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 1 85306 643 5.
- Over, Luke (September 2001). "The Railway Comes to Maidenhead". In Delaney, Peter. Wargrave Local History Society. http://www.wargrave.net/history/Sept01.html. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
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