Loudwater railway station

Loudwater
General information
Location	Loudwater, Buckinghamshire England
Grid reference	SU900903
Platforms	2 (reduced to 1 in 1968)
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Wycombe Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 Aug 1854	Opened [1]
4 May 1970	Closed [1]
Location

Loudwater railway station was a railway station which served Loudwater, Buckinghamshire and Flackwell Heath, on the Wycombe Railway.

History

Loudwater station was located at the bottom of Treadaway Hill close to the M40 bridge and served both Loudwater and Flackwell Heath. It opened in 1854 and the station became a halt in 1968 because of decreased service on the line. The station was closed and demolished in 1970. ^[2] The site is now an industrial park, although at the rear of the park the old railway tunnel under the M40 is still in place. A railway conservation path towards High Wycombe follows the route of the former railway.

Routes

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

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
High Wycombe		Wycombe Railway Until 1970		Wooburn Green

In popular culture

The station appears briefly in an early scene of The Reptile (1966) made by Hammer Film Productions.

References

1. 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.
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 279. OCLC   931112387.

External links

• Image of the station site ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• The station on a navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Extract from the 1945 OS map showing the line ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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