Aynho Park railway station
Aynho Park | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | District of South Northamptonshire |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 July 1910 |
| Closed | 7 January 1963 |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR Western Region of British Railways |
Aynho Park was a railway station serving the village of Aynho in Northamptonshire, England. It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line.
History
Aynho Park was the northernmost of six new stations that the Great Western Railway provided when it opened the high-speed Bicester cut-off line between Ashendon Junction and Aynho Junction in 1910. The station was opened for passengers on 1 July 1910.[1][2]
The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways closed Aynho Park station in 1963.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Sutton Line and station open |
Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off" |
Ardley Line open, station closed | ||
The site today
Trains on the Chiltern Main Line pass the site.
Notes
- ^ MacDermot 1931, pp. 448–449.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2002, fig. 82.
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Vol. II (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help); Invalid|ref=harv(help) - 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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External links
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