Monument record 1481200000 - East West rail
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- RAILWAY (19th Century to Modern - 1850 AD to 1993 AD)
Description
The Buckinghamshire Railway opened from Bletchley to Verney Junction on 1 May 1850 and to Islip on 1 October 1850. Islip to Oxford opened on 20 May 1851. It became part of London Midland & Scottish Railway. Bletchley to Oxford passenger trains were withdrawn on 1 January 1968 and the Bicester-Bletchley section was mothballed on 31 May 1993. West of Claydon Junction the line was reopened on 24 January 1994 for waste traffic to Calvert. In February 2007 a scheme was proposed for an Oxford to Milton Keynes railway (B1, B2).
(SP 46724000 to SP 50003988) Dismantled Railway (NAT) (B4).
The Buckinghamshire Railway from Banbury (SP 462405) to Verney Junction (SP 735274) was opened on 1 May 1850. It was closed entirely on 2 December 1963 and has since been completely dismantled (B5 and B6).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Sources (7)
- ---SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 2002; update 2003, 2006.
- <1>SBC24228 Bibliographic reference: Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith. 2005. Country Railway Routes: Oxford to Bletchley Including Verney Junction to Banbury.
- <2>SBC23891 Bibliographic reference: Colin G Maggs. 2010. The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire. pages 97-105.
- <3>SBC25753 Bibliographic reference: John M C Healy. 1992. History of the Chiltern Line.
- <4>SBC10473 Map: OS 1977 1:2500 MAP.
- <5>SBC29677 Bibliographic reference: Mary D Lobel and Alan Crossley. 1972. A history of the county of Oxford: volume X: Banbury Hundred.
- <6>SBC7399 Bibliographic reference: RobinLeleux. 1976. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Vol 9 The East Midlands. p39-40.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 75048 29626 (23777m by 11247m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ADDINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | LITTLE HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | MARSH GIBBON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | MIDDLE CLAYDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | MURSLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | NEWTON LONGVILLE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | POUNDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | STEEPLE CLAYDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | SWANBOURNE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | TWYFORD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | WINSLOW, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | CHARNDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (7)
- Parent of: CALVERT (Monument) (0579000001)
- Parent of: Claydon Station (Monument) (0744400000)
- Parent of: Marsh Gibbon and Poundon Station (Monument) (0744300000)
- Parent of: Swanbourne Station (Monument) (0978400000)
- Parent of: VERNEY JUNCTION STATION (Monument) (0578801001)
- Parent of: VERNEY JUNCTION-BANBURY RAILWAY (Monument) (0578900000)
- Parent of: WINSLOW RAILWAY STATION (Monument) (0497600000)
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Record last edited
Sep 11 2026 12:41PM
