Monument record 1481700000 - Risborough to Bicester railway

Summary

The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway from Princes Risborough to Aynho opened in 1910. Now operated by Chiltern Railways.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • RAILWAY (Opened 1910, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway from Princes Risborough to Aynho opened to goods trains on 4 April 1910 and to passenger trains on 1 July 1910. Now operated by Chiltern Railways (B1).
History of the railway (B2-3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC20434 Bibliographic reference: D Edwards R Pilgrim. 1982. The Final Link. page 37.
  • <2>SBC22784 Bibliographic reference: F G Cockman. 2006. The Railways of Buckinghamshire from the 1830s: An account of those that were not built as well as those which were. pages104-105.
  • <3>SBC25753 Bibliographic reference: John M C Healy. 1992. History of the Chiltern Line.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 72277 10399 (15336m by 15060m)
Civil Parish KINGSEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish LONGWICK-CUM-ILMER, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish LUDGERSHALL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish BRILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CHEARSLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CHILTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish DORTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish HADDENHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 2 2022 5:00PM

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