Thame railway station

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Thame
Location
Place Thame
Area South Oxfordshire
Grid reference SP713052
Operations
Original company Wycombe Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
1862 Station opened
1963 Station 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–Z

Thame railway station was a station on the Wycombe Railway serving the town of Thame in Oxfordshire. It was opened in 1862 as the terminus of an extension from High Wycombe via Princes Risborough. In 1864 the line was extended from Thame to Oxford. The station was built with a train shed over its platforms. In 1963 British Railways withdrew passenger services between Princes Risborough and Oxford, closed all intermediate stations including Thame, and dismantled the track between Thame and Cowley. A BP depot remained at Thame and the line from Princes Risborough remained open for oil trains to serve it. In 1991 the oil depot was closed. A few years later all track between Thame and Princes Risborough was lifted, with the exception of a short stub at the Princes Risborough end.

Thame is now served by Haddenham & Thame Parkway, 2 miles north-east of the town, which opened in 1987 on the Chiltern Main Line.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Tiddington
Line closed, station closed
  Western Region of British Railways
Wycombe Railway
  Towersey Halt
Line closed, station closed

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Coordinates: 51°44′29″N 0°58′04″W / 51.74133°N 0.96790°W / 51.74133; -0.96790

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