Monument record 1481800000 - Risborough to Denham railway

Summary

The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway from Denham to Princes Risborough opened in 1906. Now operated by Chiltern Railways.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • RAILWAY (Opened 1906, 20th Century to 21st Century - 1900 AD to 2099 AD)

Description

The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway from Denham to Princes Risborough opened on 2 April 1906. High Wycombe now had a direct link to the north and west (B1).
History of the railway (B2).
Now operated by Chiltern Railways.

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC20434 Bibliographic reference: D Edwards R Pilgrim. 1982. The Final Link. page 36.
  • <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. pages 104-105.
  • <3>SBC25747 Bibliographic reference: Partrick Butler, Herbert Crane, Elizabeth Scott-Taggart & Keith Thompson. 2006. The Coming of the Railway to Beaconsfield.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 92864 95143 (26256m by 15450m)
Civil Parish BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish SEER GREEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish WEST WYCOMBE RURAL, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish BRADENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. GILES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. PETER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CHEPPING WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 2 2022 3:31PM

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