Aynho Park | |
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![]() 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 |
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.
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 | ||
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King's Sutton Line and station open | Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off" | Ardley Line open, station closed |
Trains on the Chiltern Main Line pass the site.
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