Wotton railway station (Great Central Railway)

Wotton
General information
LocationWotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire
England
Grid referenceSP695152
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Central Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon 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]

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. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 255
  4. ^ Mitchell & Smith, fig. XVIb
  5. ^ Mitchell & Smith, fig. 62

References

  • 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.
  • Edwards, Dennis; Pigram, Ron (1988). The Romance of Metro-Land. London: Godfrey Cave Associates Ltd. ISBN 978-1-870630-37-5.
  • Conolly, W. Philip (1998). British railways pre-grouping atlas and gazetteer (9th impression; 5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0. OCLC 221481275.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Aylesbury to Rugby. Midland Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-904474-91-3.

Service

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

51°49′53″N 0°59′33″W / 51.831371°N 0.992600°W / 51.831371; -0.992600


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