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{{Short description|Former railway station in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox London station
|name           = Granborough Road
|image_name     = Granborough Rd - geograph-4404135-by-Robin-Webster.jpg
|image_alt      = 
|caption        = Station site in 2015
|coordinates    = {{coord|51.9116|-0.9176|type:railwaystation_region:GB-BKM|display=inline,title}}
|map_type       = Buckinghamshire
|gridref        = SP745242
|locale         = [[Granborough]]
|borough        = [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]]
|railstation    = yes
|original       = [[Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway]]
|pregroup       = [[Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway]]
|postgroup      = Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway
|platforms      = 2
|years1         = {{start date|1868|09|23|df=y}}
|events1        = Opened as ''Grandborough Road''
|years2         = 6 October 1920
|events2        = Renamed ''Granborough Road''
|years3         = {{end date|1936|07|06|df=y}}
|events3        = Station closed
}}
'''Granborough Road railway station''' (initially '''Grandborough Road''') was a station serving the village of [[Granborough]], to the north of [[Quainton]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], England.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/g/granborough_road/ | title=Station Name: Granborough Road | work=Disused Stations | location=UK | access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref>

==History==
The station was opened by the [[Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway]] (A&BR) on 23 September 1868{{sfnp|Quick|2009|p=415}}{{sfnp|Butt|1995|p=252}}{{sfnp|Davies|Grant|1984|p=84}} as part of its {{convert|12.75|mi|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} route from {{rws|Aylesbury}} to {{rws|Verney Junction}} where it joined the [[Buckinghamshire Railway]]'s [[Varsity Line|Oxford to Bletchley line]].{{sfnp|Simpson|1985|p=8}}{{sfnp|Oppitz|2000|p=30}}{{sfnp|Simpson|1994|p=133}} The line was [[Single track (rail)|single track]] and worked from the start by the [[Great Western Railway]], which provided a service of three trains each way daily.{{sfnp|Oppitz|2000|p=30}}{{sfnp|Simpson|1985|p=9}} The A&BR, which had for some time been in a parlous financial state, was absorbed by the [[Metropolitan Railway]] with effect from 1 July 1891.{{sfnp|Simpson|1994|p=133}}{{sfnp|Awdry|1990|p=207}}{{sfnp|Leleux|1984|p=37}}{{sfnp|Davies|Grant|1984|p=85}} From 2 April 1906, all Metropolitan services north of Harrow South Junction to Verney Junction were run by the [[Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway]]; this continued until 6 July 1936 when the [[London Passenger Transport Board]], which had taken over the Metropolitan in 1933, withdrew local passenger services as an economy measure.{{sfnp|Davies|Grant|1984|p=89}}{{sfnp|Leleux|1984|p=37}}{{sfnp|Awdry|1990|p=207}}{{sfnp|Clinker|1978|p=149}} Through services ceased entirely on 7 September 1947 and the route closed.{{sfnp|Mitchell|Smith|2006|loc=fig. 54}}{{sfnp|Davies|Grant|1984|p=89}}{{sfnp|Leleux|1984|p=37}}{{sfnp|Oppitz|2000|p=38}}

Whilst open, this station was accessed via a branch line off the former [[Great Central Main Line]] with the junction being just to the north of [[Quainton Road railway station|Quainton Road]]. The branch line continued through [[Winslow Road railway station|Winslow Road]] and ended at a terminating platform at [[Verney Junction]].

Today very little remains of this station, the [[permanent way]] between Quainton Road and Verney Junction having long ago been lifted. The site is now a farmer's field and although a bit of platform does remain, the track bed itself is now a route for [[Electricity pylon|pylon]]s.

Despite being over 30 miles from London and not underground, the association with the Metropolitan line means this station is considered to be one of the [[closed London Underground stations]]. It is briefly referred to as such in the 2012 [[James Bond]] film ''[[Skyfall]]'' when Bond spots the name embedded in a cypher.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20555621 | title=Viewpoint: James Bond fails the tech test in Skyfall | first=Kevin | last=Curran | publisher=[[BBC]] | work=[[BBC News]] | location=UK | date=2 December 2012 | access-date=17 May 2019 }}</ref>

==Routes==
[[File:Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Princes Risboro, Quainton Road & Verney Ashendon RJD 146.jpg|thumb|upright|A 1911 [[Railway Clearing House]] Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Granborough Road (upper left; shown as ''Grandborough Road'')]]

{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Winslow Road railway station|Winslow Road]]|next=[[Quainton Road railway station|Quainton Road]]|route=[[Metropolitan Railway]] <br><small>[[Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway|Verney Junction Branch]]</small>|col={{MetRly colour}} }}
{{s-end}}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
* {{Awdry-RailCo}}
* {{Butt-Stations}}
*{{Clinker-Stations|year=1978}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Davies|first1=R.|last2=Grant|first2=M.D.|title=Forgotten Railways: Chilterns and Cotswolds|orig-year=1975|year=1984|publisher=[[David St John Thomas]]|location=Newton Abbot, Devon|isbn=0-946537-07-0}}
*{{Cite book|last1=Leleux|first1=Robin|title=A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The East Midlands|volume=9|year=1984|orig-year=1976|publisher=David St. John Thomas|location=Newton Abbot, Devon|isbn=978-0-946537-06-8}}
*{{Cite book|last1=Mitchell|first1=Vic|last2=Smith|first2=Keith|title=Aylesbury to Rugby (Midland Main Lines)|date=November 2006|publisher=Middleton Press|location=Midhurst, West Sussex|isbn=978-1-904474-91-3}}
* {{Cite book|last=Oppitz|first=Leslie|title=Lost Railways of the Chilterns|year=2000|publisher=Countryside Books| location=Newbury, Berkshire|isbn=978-1-84674-108-1}}
*{{Quick-Stations}}
*{{Cite book|last=Simpson|first=Bill|title=Banbury to Verney Junction Branch|orig-year=1978|year=1994|publisher=Lamplight Publications|location=Banbury, Oxon|isbn=978-1-899246-00-7}}
*{{Cite book|last=Simpson|first=Bill|title=The Brill Tramway including the Railway from Aylesbury to Verney Junction|year=1985|publisher=Oxford Publishing Co.|location=Poole, Dorset|isbn=0-86093-218-4}}

==External links==
* [http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Verney_Junction_line_2.html#GranboroughRoad London's Abandoned Tube Stations – Granborough Road]
* [http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/g/granborough_road/index.shtml Granborough Road] at ''Disused Stations''

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[[Category:1868 establishments in England]]
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[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868]]
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[[Category:Disused railway stations in Buckinghamshire]]
[[Category:Former Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway stations]]
[[Category:Disused London Underground stations]]
[[Category:Metropolitan line stations]]
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