Haddenham
Site of Haddenham station in 2007.
General information
LocationHaddenham, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire
England
Grid referenceSP735081
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western and Great Central Joint Railway
Pre-groupingGW & GC Joint
Post-groupingGW & GC Joint
Key dates
2 April 1906Station opened
7 January 1963[1]Station closed

Haddenham railway station was on the former Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway between Princes Risborough and Ashendon Junction.[2] It was closed in 1963.

History

The Great Western & Great Central Joint Committee was created on 1 August 1899 with the dual objective of providing the Great Central Railway with a second route into London, bypassing the Metropolitan Railway; and of providing the Great Western Railway with a shorter route to the Midlands.[3][4] The line ran from Northolt Junction to Ashendon Junction; the central section of its route was an existing GWR line. North of Princes Risborough a new line was constructed, which opened for goods on 20 November 1905, and for passengers on 2 April 1906.[5][6][7] The only station originally provided on that new line was Haddenham,[8] which was built on the western side of Haddenham village, on the north side of the present-day Station Road.[9] The station was closed on 7 January 1963.[5]

Twenty-four years later, a new station was opened about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the north-west, named Haddenham and Thame Parkway.

Route

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Haddenham
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dorton Halt
Line open, station closed		   Great Western Railway
Bicester "cut-off"		   Ilmer Halt
Line open, station closed
Wotton
Line and station closed		   Great Central Railway
London Extension		  

Notes

  1. ↑ Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench page 58
  2. ↑ Pre-Grouping Atlas, p. 10, section E3
  3. ↑ MacDermot, p.416
  4. ↑ Jenkins, pp.8-9
  5. 1 2 Butt 1995, p.111
  6. ↑ Jenkins, p.11
  7. ↑ Mitchell & Smith, Historical Background
  8. ↑ Mitchell & Smith, fig. 22
  9. ↑ Mitchell & Smith, fig. V

References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  • British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (5th ed.). 1" = 8 miles. Cartography by W. Philip Conolly. Ian Allan. 1976. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
  • Jenkins, Stanley C. (1978). The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Blandford: Oakwood Press.
  • MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. II (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (September 2002). Princes Risborough to Banbury. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-85-0.

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