Waddesdon Road railway station
Waddesdon Road railway station was a small halt in Buckinghamshire, England. It was opened in 1871 as part of a short horse-drawn tramway to assist with the transport of goods from and around the Duke of Buckingham’s estates. The station was heavily used for the. transport of construction materials during the building of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild’s estate in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1932 the station was used for only 281 passenger journeys and generated just £4 of passenger revenue.
About Waddesdon Road railway station in brief
Waddesdon Road railway station was a small halt in Buckinghamshire, England. It was opened in 1871 as part of a short horse-drawn tramway to assist with the transport of goods from and around the Duke of Buckingham’s estates. In 1872 the line was expanded and converted for passenger use, becoming known as the Brill Tramway. The station was heavily used for the. transport of construction materials during the building of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild’s estate in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1932, the last full year of operations prior to the Metropolitan Railway being taken into public ownership, the station was used for only 281 passenger journeys and generated just £4 of passenger revenue. In 1933 the Metropolitan line of the London Underground became a part of the station. The line was closed in late 1935 and the station closed as a result of the privatisation of the line.
The site is now the site of a housing estate, which was once home to the Rothschilds’ WaddesDon Manor estate. It is now a residential estate, and was once the home of the Baron de Rothschilds, who lived there until his death in 1881. The estate is now home to a number of luxury homes, including a luxury hotel and a country house. The Waddeddon Manor estate is currently home to an array of Grade II listed buildings, including an 18th-century mansion, a country retreat, and a private country home. It also has a golf course, a tennis court, a golf club, a bowling green and a tennis courts. The village of Waddeldon is about 1.5 miles northwest of Quainton Road, 1 mile northwest of the town of Wadesdon. The town is 1,300 yards from Waddsdon Manor and 1,000 yards from the nearby town of Brill. The railway station is located on the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway.
You want to know more about Waddesdon Road railway station?
This page is based on the article Waddesdon Road railway station published in Wikipedia (as of Nov. 01, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
