Wotton railway station (Great Central Railway)

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Wotton
General information
Location Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire
England
Grid reference SP695152
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Central Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 April 1906Station opened [1]
7 December 1953Station closed

Wotton was a railway station at Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, on the Great Central Railway's link line between Calvert and Ashendon Junction. [2]

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History

The station was opened by the Great Central Railway on 2 April 1906, [3] becoming part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It was built to the south of the point where the GCR crossed the Brill Tramway near its Wotton station. [4] It was closed on 7 December 1953. [3] [5]

Notes

  1. Edwards & Pigram 1988, p. 109.
  2. Pre-Grouping Atlas, p. 10, section E3
  3. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 255
  4. Mitchell & Smith, fig. XVIb
  5. Mitchell & Smith, fig. 62

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References

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A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Wotton Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Princes Risboro, Quainton Road & Verney Ashendon RJD 146.jpg
A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Wotton
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Akeman Street
Line and station closed
  Great Central Railway
London Extension
  Haddenham
Line and station closed

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