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Aynho Park railway station

Aynho Park
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.
General information
LocationAynho, West Northamptonshire
England
Grid referenceSP500323
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened1 July 1910
Closed7 January 1963
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGWR
Post-groupingGWR
Western Region of British Railways

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 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

51°59′14″N 1°16′22″W / 51.98716°N 1.27284°W / 51.98716; -1.27284