Haddenham railway station (Buckinghamshire)

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.

This article is about the former station closed in 1963. For the new station opened in 1987, see Haddenham and Thame Parkway railway station.

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

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. 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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