Quainton Road railway station was opened in 1868 in under-developed countryside near Quainton, in the English county of Buckinghamshire, 44 miles from London. The station was a crude railway station, described as ‘extremely primitive’ It was rebuilt and re-sited to a more convenient location, allowing through running between the Brill Tramway and the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway. In 1963 stopping passenger services were withdrawn but fast passenger trains continued to pass through. In 1966 the line was closed to passenger traffic and local goods trains ceased using the station. Freight trains still use this line, and passenger trains still call at the station for special events at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
About Quainton Road railway station in brief
Quainton Road railway station was opened in 1868 in under-developed countryside near Quainton, in the English county of Buckinghamshire, 44 miles from London. It was the result of pressure from the 3rd Duke of Buckingham to route the railway near his home at Wotton House and to open a railway station at the nearest point to it. The station was a crude railway station, described as ‘extremely primitive’ It was rebuilt and re-sited to a more convenient location, allowing through running between the Brill Tramway and the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway. In 1963 stopping passenger services were withdrawn but fast passenger trains continued to pass through. In 1966 the line was closed to passenger traffic and local goods trains ceased using the station. The line through the station was singled and used by occasional freight trains only. Freight trains still use this line, and passenger trains still call at the station for special events at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Although no scheduled trains pass through Quainston Road, the station remains connected to the railway network. The museum has also acquired the former Oxford Rewley Road station and a London Transport building from Wembley Park, both of which have been reassembled on the site. It is open to the public and has a cafe, gift shop, bar, restaurant and children’s play area. For more information on the museum, visit the website: http://www.buckinghamshirerailway.org.uk/museums/quainton-road-museum-and-play-centre.html.
The site is also home to a collection of historic railway equipment, including the London Railway Preservation Society’s collection of locomotive engines and a number of other items from the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) The station is now owned by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), which operates the London Underground’s London Underground line. The LNER is the only operator of the station, and it is currently the only station in the UK to have a museum on its site. The railway was opened by Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet, on 15 June 1839. It connected the Cheddington Railway’s Ched dington station, on the West Coast Main Line, to Aylesburys High Street railway station in eastern Aylebury. The first section of the Buckingham Railway opened on 1 May 1850, and the rest of the line opened on 20 May 1850. The Buckingham Railway intended to extend the line southwards, but this extension was not built by the middle of the 19th century. The only son of Richard Plantagenet, 2st Chandos-Nugent-Chandos-Grenville, was Richard Plantet Campbell Temple-Brydges-Nogent-Nagent Temple-Tower. The Great Central Railway from the north of England opened in 1863. On 1 October 1863 the Wycombe Railway opened a branch line from Princes Risborough railway station toAylesbury railway station on the western side of Aylesburg.
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