Building record 0672000000 - Aylesbury Station, Great Western Street

Town Station was built in 1863 when the Great Western Railway reached Aylesbury via High Wycombe and Princes Risborough. A new street, Great Western Street, was built to connect it to to the Market Square. The station was shared by the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway from 1868 when a local line opened, and by the Metropolitan Railway from 1892 when it was finally extended to Aylesbury. In 1899 the Great Central Railway provided a main line route north to Manchester. The station was rebuilt in 1925-6 (B1).
Early 20th century recollections of Aylesbury station (B3).
Buildings report held at NMR (B4).
The site of an 'Underground' railway station, opened by the Metropolitan Railway on 1st September 1892 when it branched off the would-be main line to Chesham with an extension from Chalfont Road (now Chalfont and Latimer) to Aylesbury. The station was a temporary terminus as the GWR refused access to its station until 1st January 1894. At Aylesbury the line joined the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway which the Metropolitan had acquired in 1891. However this line was not doubled until 1897 when the Metropolitan started to run services from Baker Street to Verney Junction (B5).