Winslow Road railway station

Infobox Closed London station
name=Winslow Road


owner=Metropolitan Railway
locale=East Claydon
borough=Aylesbury Vale
coordinates=coord|51.9274|-0.9083|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title
platforms=2
start=1868
end=1936
replace=none

Winslow Road railway station was a station serving the village of East Claydon (near Winslow), to the north of Quainton in Buckinghamshire, England. (Winslow itself also had a station simply called "Winslow" on British Rail's Varsity Line.)

The station was first served in 1868 and closed in 1946.

It was the fourth station north of Aylesbury on the section of the Metropolitan Railway between Aylesbury and Verney Junction that was abandoned when the Metropolitan Railway became the Metropolitan Line in 1946 when it was subsumed into London Transport. London Underground continued to run services as far as Aylesbury until 1961 after which point the terminus became Amersham.

Whilst open, this station was accessed via a branch line off the former Great Central Main Line with the junction being just to the north Quainton Road. The branch line continued through Granborough Road then to this station, before ending at a terminating platform at Verney Junction.

Today almost nothing remains of this station, the permanent way between Quainton Road and Verney Junction having long ago been lifted. The station has been demolished and the station masters house is now private. All that remains of the station is the elevating end of one of the platforms. The space between what were the platforms is now roofed and used as a boarding kennel.

Because of its association with the Metropolitan Line this station is considered to be one of the Closed London Underground stations although it is over 40 miles from London and is not underground.

External links

* [http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Verney_Junction_line_2.html#WinslowRoad London's Abandoned Tube Stations - Winslow Road]

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