Aynho Park railway station

Not to be confused with the nearby Aynho for Deddington station, a disused station on the Cherwell Valley Line.

Aynho Park
Street-level building of the former station in May 2009, seen from the B4031 road. The path on the right leads up to the site of the former up platform.
General information
Location	Aynho, West Northamptonshire England
Grid reference	SP500323
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	1 July 1910
Closed	7 January 1963
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	GWR
Post-grouping	GWR Western Region of British Railways
Location

Aynho Park was a railway station serving the village of Aynho in Northamptonshire, England. It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line.

History

Aynho Park was the northernmost of six new stations that the Great Western Railway provided when it opened the high-speed Bicester cut-off line between Ashendon Junction and Aynho Junction for passengers on 1 July 1910. ^{[1] [2]}

The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways closed Aynho Park station in 1963.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
King's Sutton Line and station open		Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off"		Ardley Line open, station closed

The site today

Trains on the Chiltern Main Line pass the site.

Notes

1. MacDermot 1931, pp. 448–449.
2. Mitchell & Smith 2002, fig. 82.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
• 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.

External links

• Aynho station on navigable O. S. map

51°59′14″N1°16′22″W / 51.98716°N 1.27284°W / 51.98716; -1.27284