Английская Википедия:Bledlow railway station
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Bledlow railway station was an intermediate station on the Wycombe Railway which served the Buckinghamshire village of Bledlow from 1862 to 1963. It was one of two stations to serve the village, the other being Шаблон:Stnlnk on the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway, which was Шаблон:Convert to the south and closer to the village. The possibility of reopening the line through Bledlow, which is now part of a long-distance footpath, has been explored by Chiltern Railways, the franchise holder for the Chiltern Main Line which runs through Шаблон:Stnlnk.
History
Parliamentary authority to extend the Wycombe Railway's single track line beyond Шаблон:Stnlnk to Шаблон:Stnlnk was given on 28 June 1861.[1] Шаблон:Stnlnk was reached by 31 July 1862 and a regular service from Шаблон:Stnlnk via Шаблон:Stnlnk began the next day. Four daily trains each way (one on Sundays) called at Thame, Bledlow, Princes Risborough, Шаблон:Stnlnk, Шаблон:Stnlnk and Maidenhead.[2] Bledlow station was west of a level crossing on Sandpit Lane, Шаблон:Convert from the village from which it took its name. A two-storey brick station building was built at Bledlow at a cost of £1,003-13s-6d.[3] It included a booking office and accommodation for the station master.
A Шаблон:Convert by Шаблон:Convert signal box with a 16-lever frame controlled traffic over the level crossing was next to the main station building. Electric train staff instruments were installed on the line to Thame in the 1890s.[4] Consequently, Bledlow box ceased to signal trains in 1902, but it remained in use to operate the crossing gates.[5]
A single siding equipped with a 2-ton yard crane handled goods traffic which consisted of watercress and English elm boles for trawling nets made locally in Longwick.[4] Figures from 1933 show that Шаблон:Convert of goods were sent from the station, whilst Шаблон:Convert tons of goods were received. In the same period 5,338 passenger tickets were issued and 6,529 parcels forwarded.[6]
By 1957 freight had declined to only Шаблон:Convert were forwarded and Шаблон:Convert received.[7] By November 1961 the line itself was carrying an average of 524 passengers per week.[8] On the basis of an estimated saving of £34,372, British Railways withdrew passenger services between Oxford and Princes Risborough from January 1963.
The line remained in use for freight traffic, carrying new cars from the BMC Шаблон:Stnlnk factory and oil traffic to Шаблон:Stnlnk. In September 1965 Bledlow level crossing was converted to automatic half-barriers[9] enabling the signal box to be closed.[10] Freight traffic was withdrawn and British Rail closed the line between Thame and Princes Risborough in October 1991.[11]
Routes
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Present day
The station building survives and has been extended as a bed and breakfast run by the granddaughter of Percy Smith, Bledlow's third station master who worked at the station between 1918 and 1950.[12] The signal box has been demolished and the trackbed is now part of the Phoenix Trail, a long-distance footpath and cycleway.
As part of its preparations for its bid to run the Chiltern Railways franchise, Chiltern Railways announced in 2000 that it was considering the possibility of reinstating passenger services on the line between Oxford and Risborough, the cost of which it estimated at £250 million.[13] Chiltern Railways decided instead to build a Шаблон:Convert link between the Oxford to Bicester Line and the Chiltern Main Line to run direct services between Oxford and London via Шаблон:Stnlnk.[14]
References
Sources
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External links
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- ↑ Oppitz, 2000, pages 16-17
- ↑ Potts, 2004, page 45
- ↑ Potts, 2004, page 53
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Simpson, 2001, page 87
- ↑ Potts, 2004, page 107
- ↑ Mitchell and Smith, 2003, plate 68
- ↑ Potts, 2004, page 204
- ↑ Potts, 2004, page 223
- ↑ Mitchell and Smith, 2003, plate 72
- ↑ Potts, 2004, page 231
- ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
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- ↑ Oxford Mail, "New rail links on the cards", 16 August 2000.Шаблон:Dead link
- ↑ Chiltern Railways, "Evergreen 3 Project". Шаблон:Webarchive
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