Chinnor railway station

Chinnor
Chinnor railway station in August 2008
General information
Location	Chinnor, South Oxfordshire England
Coordinates	51°41′52″N0°54′25″W / 51.6978°N 0.9069°W / 51.6978; -0.9069
Grid reference	SP756004
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Heritage railway
History
Original company	Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
15 August 1872	Opened
1 July 1957	Closed
20 August 1994	Reopened

Chinnor railway station in Oxfordshire is on the line of the former Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway. The station was reopened by the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Association in 1994 after a period of disuse.

History

First opened in 1872 to serve Chinnor and the surrounding villages, the line was projected to be extended to Wallingford, where it would complete a cross-country line between Cholsey and Princes Risborough. However, due to financial difficulties the Watlington - Wallingford section was never built. The line was always single track.

British Railways closed the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway to passengers in 1957 ^[1] and to goods in 1961. The station was demolished but the section of line between Princes Risborough and Chinnor remained open for cement traffic until 1989. ^[2]

Current access to the station is from the 'wrong' side of the tracks compared with the original layout (i.e. you have to cross the line to get to the station).

Routes

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Chinnor

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Terminus		Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway		Princes Risborough Terminus
Historical railways
Wainhill Crossing Halt Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway		Kingston Crossing Halt Line and station closed

References

1. Oppitz, 2000, page 22
2. Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway: History

Bibliography

• Karau, Paul; Turner, Chris (1998). Country branch line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol 1: The story of the line from 1872-1961. Didcot: Wild Swan. ISBN   1-874103-43-7.
• Karau, Paul; Turner, Chris (1998). Country branch line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol 2: The stations. Didcot: Wild Swan. ISBN   1-874103-46-1.
• Oppitz, Leslie (2000). Lost Railways of the Chilterns. Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 20–23. ISBN   1-85306-643-5.

External links

• Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway