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QUAINTON ROAD STATION

And Other Stations in the Vale of Aylesbury

- June 2012
by Bill Simpson
ISBN 978-1-899246-52-6
Book 17.3cm x 24.7cm Softback 96 Pages 100+ B&W Photographs
Publisher: Lamplight Publications
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The railway station called Quainton Road is situated approximately central between Bicester, Aylesbury and Bletchley in what is recognized as the Vale of Aylesbury. It is a picturesque location with the village of Quainton with its beautifully restored windmill to the east and the tree enclosed pinnacles of Waddesdon Manor on a hill in the west. Although it is so rural it was nevertheless a busy junction station for a time. The original line from Aylesbury to Verney Junction was elevated in railway terms by being taken over by the Metropolitan Railway. Also shortly afterwards it became a station on the newly built main line to the north of the Great Central Railway. To add to this the Duke of Buckingham built his own little line of six miles connecting to the station local villages to the terminus at Brill. During the period of extreme railway contraction in the 1960's the main line was largely closed down and the station along with many others may well have been demolished. Fortunately the London Railway Preservation Society needed a home for their vintage locomotives and vehicles rescued from scrap yards and Quainton proved ideal. The Society took up residence in 1967 and after forty years are now the station's longest single occupiers. This book relates the history of the station and the others in the Vale from 1864 to 2004.

Contents:

Acknowledgements
A Country Station
Beyond 1936
Years of Consolidation 1966-1980
�Action to the word, word to the Action�
Greater Developments
The Brill Branch

Continent: Europe
Country: UK

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Other Titles from this publisher:

BANBURY AND THE BRANCH LINE TO VERNEY JUNCTION - The Final Years
BANBURY TO VERNEY JUNCTION BRANCH
HISTORY OF THE LONDON & BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY - Vol. 1 - Euston to Bletchley
HISTORY OF THE LONDON & BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY - Vol. 2 - Bletchley to Rugby
HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS OF OXFORDSHIRE - Part 2, The South
IN MY VIEW
MEMORIES OF BOLTON`S RAILWAYS
MEMORIES OF THE RAILWAY BETWEEN DIDCOT AND BANBURY
OXFORD TO CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY
TRIUMPH OF RESTORATION
WOLVERTON TO NEWPORT PAGNELL BRANCH

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