Английская Википедия:Denbigh Hall railway station
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox station Denbigh Hall railway station was a temporary terminus station on the London and Birmingham Railway in the Denbigh area of what is now Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated about Шаблон:Convert north of Bletchley railway station, near a point where the railway crossed Watling Street. It was open for less than six months, between April and September 1838.
History
The route of the London and Birmingham Railway was designed and engineered by Robert Stephenson. Two of the major civil engineering projects on the line were the six-span, Шаблон:Convert high Wolverton viaduct over the river Great Ouse,[1] and the Шаблон:Convert long Kilsby Tunnel near Rugby.[2] Work on this tunnel was prolonged, due to the builders unexpectedly encountering quicksand, and the route was not ready for the scheduled opening of the railway on 9 April 1838.[3]Шаблон:Efn As a temporary measure, Denbigh Hall station was built near the point where the line crossed Watling Street, allowing passengers to transfer to stage-coaches to continue their journey to Rugby station,Шаблон:Efn also near Watling Street, a distance of approximately Шаблон:Convert.[4] Denbigh Hall station was named after a nearby inn on Watling Street, dating from 1710.[5] The bridge over Watling Street still survives, but has been extended as the railway has widened.
The station closed with the opening of Kilsby Tunnel on 17 September 1838,[6][7] though the line still exists, forming part of the West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow. The chord with the (much later) line from Шаблон:Rws (via the Bletchley Flyover) joins the main line nearby and bears the name "Denbigh Hall Junction".[8]
Due to the temporary nature of the station, no images of it or records of its layout are known to exist, but a contemporary engraving by George Dodgson Callow and William Radclyffe shows a train on the bridge in its immediate vicinity.[9]
Commemoration
In 1920, Herbert Leon, 1st baronet of the nearby Bletchley Park, commissioned a plaque on the bridge to commemorate the station.[10] The plaque reads:
Service summary
Шаблон:Milton Keynes railway map Шаблон:Historical Rail Start Шаблон:Rail line Шаблон:End box
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
Шаблон:Closed stations Buckinghamshire
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Yonge, page 10
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ "Milton Keynes Heritage" (map) - English Partnerships 2004
- ↑ Butt, page 77
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Yonge, page 9
- ↑ Roscoe, facing page 76
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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