- Waddesdon railway station
Infobox Closed London station
name=Waddesdon
owner=Metropolitan Railway
locale=Waddesdon
borough=Aylesbury Vale
coordinates=coord|51.8545|-0.8995|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title
platforms=2
start=1897
end=1936
replace=noneWaddesdon is a closed station that served the village of
Waddesdon and its manor, to the north ofAylesbury inBuckinghamshire , England. The station is not to be confused with Waddesdon Road Station at the other end of theWaddesdon Manor estate on theBrill Tramway .The station was first opened as Waddesdon Manor by the Metropolitan Railway on
1 January 1897 .cite book |last=Rose |first=Douglas |title=The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History |year=1999 |publisher=Douglas Rose/Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-219-4 ] "Manor" was dropped from the name on1 October 1922 . It was the first station north of Aylesbury on the section of theMetropolitan Railway between Aylesbury andVerney Junction .The station was closed on
5 July 1936 following the Metropolitan Railway's absorption into theLondon Passenger Transport Board in1933 . The service was cut back to Aylesbury.While open, the station was also served by former
Great Central Main Line (running on the same tracks as the Metropolitan Line as far as Quainton Road) which was not itself closed down until the 1960s, under theBeeching Axe .Today the
permanent way , now single-track, remains in place through the site of the station. One platform of the station (on the side remote from the remaining track) remains; the other has been demolished. The line is still used for the occasional freight train, as well as special services between Aylesbury and Quainton Road for events at theBuckinghamshire Railway Centre .Because of its association with the
Metropolitan Line this station is considered to be one of theClosed London Underground stations although it is over 30 miles from London and is not underground.Future
The line through the station may once again see trains running, as there are proposals to run services north of
Aylesbury toMilton Keynes andBedford on theVarsity Line and even Rugby andLeicester on the oldGreat Central Main Line . [http://www.cwn.org.uk/business/a-z/c/chiltern-railways/images/train-route.gif] .References
External links
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
**ltmcollection|rx/i00007rx.jpg|Waddesdon station, 1934
* [http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Verney_Junction_line_1.html#Waddesdon London's Abandoned Tube Stations - Waddesdon]###@@@KEYEND@@@###
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