Aynho Park railway station

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Aynho Park
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Street-level building of the former station in May 2009, seen from the B4031 road. The path on the right leads up to the site of the former up platform.
Location
Place Aynho
Area District of South Northamptonshire
Grid reference SP500323
Operations
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping GWR
Post-grouping GWR
Western Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
Key dates Opened 1 July 1910
Closed 7 January 1963
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Aynho Park was a railway station serving the village of Aynho in Northamptonshire, England. It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line.

History

Aynho Park was the northernmost of six new stations that the Great Western Railway provided when it opened the high-speed Bicester cut-off line between Ashendon Junction and Aynho Junction in 1910. The station was opened for passengers on 1 July 1910.[1][2]

The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways closed Aynho Park station in 1963.


Preceding station Historical railways Following station
King's Sutton
Line and station open
  Great Western Railway
Bicester "cut-off"
  Ardley
Line open, station closed

The site today

Trains on the Chiltern Main Line pass the site.

Notes

  1. MacDermot 1931, pp. 448-449.
  2. Mitchell & Smith 2002, fig. 82.

References

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