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Banbury–Verney Junction branch line

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1251: 1020:(LNWR) which provided £450,000 (equivalent to £51.9 million in 2023) towards costs. Construction began in July 1847, but financial difficulties meant that the single-track line from Bletchley to Banbury was only completed three years later on 30 March 1850; it opened to passengers on 1 May that year. Goods and coal traffic was accepted from 15 May 1850. The line to Oxford did not open throughout until 20 May 1851 and was later known as the 1358:; the site, including degraded platform remains, was returned to nature and a footpath now runs as far as the location of the goods shed. Padbury station was demolished in 1968 and houses were built on the site in 1975. The line through Verney Junction was mothballed in 1993, leaving the stationmaster's house as a private residence and the platform edges in an overgrown state. As of November 2016, the Government has funded works to reopen the 694: 407: 327: 285: 765: 687: 491: 477: 807: 758: 414: 385: 378: 256: 484: 278: 736: 665: 643: 621: 602: 580: 558: 536: 517: 455: 356: 334: 185: 249: 227: 1292:
and Merton Street received a facelift. The units, which had a seating capacity of 52 (M79900) and 61 (M79901), resulted in a reported traffic increase of 400%. Such was their popularity that both were operated in tandem on Banbury market days (Thursdays) and Saturdays. In 1958–59, seven up trains and
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The railway alignment to the west, south and east of the site formerly ran through a shallow cutting which was used as a landfill site in the 1970s and is now part of Farthinghoe Nature Reserve. Just beyond the site to the north, a stone five-arch viaduct has survived. Brackley station was abandoned
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Merton Street was demolished after closure and the site used for road haulage and livestock marketing purposes, before being occupied by a company providing temporary buildings. It is now covered by a residential development. Farthinghoe housed a railwayman until 1963, after which it became derelict
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strike of 1955 when much of the milk traffic was lost. Sunday passenger services were withdrawn in the late 1940s and by now only four trains in each direction ran on weekdays. The first threat to the line came in 1952 when BR, having closed the line from Cockley Brake to Towcester from 2 July 1951,
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in an attempt to stem the losses. Although the units were well-patronised, the deficit was not reduced sufficiently to justify keeping the line open. The section between Banbury and Buckingham closed on 2 January 1961, with the section Buckingham-Verney Junction abandoned on 5 December 1966. None of
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The single-track branch line from Banbury to Verney Junction possessed none of the strategic advantages of the east–west link between Oxford and Cambridge and even though efforts were made to save it, closure was inevitable. The line's principal objective was Buckingham, which had declined steeply
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In 1959, British Railways announced that although the units were well-patronised at peak times, they tended to be empty during other periods. There was demand for the service from Buckingham, Fulwell and Westbury and Brackley, and almost none at Banbury where some people thought that the line had
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reduced services to three trains each way. The demise of the Towcester line resulted in the closure of Farthinghoe on 3 November 1952. By this time, the line was hanging by a thread, with a reported £14,000 annual deficit (equivalent to £440,000 in 2023) and monthly receipts of no more than £50.
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carried coaches for Banbury, although in some years the service terminated at Brackley. One or two services generally ran on Sundays, but these were not usually part of an Oxford service. From 1905, four services were running from Bletchley to Banbury, with one additional train terminating at
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The last service between Banbury and Buckingham ran on 31 December 1960, with official closure of the section coming on 2 January 1961. Goods facilities were withdrawn from 2 December 1963 and passenger services on the truncated Buckingham branch continued until 7 September 1964. The line to
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after closure and after damage by vandals, it was demolished in the 1970s. St. James Road now occupies the site which is surrounded by a light industrial estate and residential housing. Some of the trackbed to the south-east is taken into Pocket Farm Walk before the route is severed by the
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was a modest structure to the east of the GWR's own station. Originally intended as a temporary building, the station's timber construction gave the arriving passenger the feeling of arriving at a frontier and would not have been out of place on the
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released a report in which they listed the line as Priority 2 for reopening. Priority 2 is for those lines which require further development or a change in circumstances (such as housing developments).
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already closed. The units had increased passenger receipts by £250-£300 per month and reduced operating costs by £300, but this still resulted in an annual deficit of £4,700 (equivalent to £140,000).
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The original service provided four up and down trains, all worked by the LNWR, which had leased the line for 999 years from 1 July 1851, finally absorbing it in 1879. Most services from Bletchley to
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from 1968, before being closed and reopened by a private company as a recycling and refuse centre; the site comprises a large concrete hangar and a single-storey office and toilet block.
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eight down ran on weekdays, with two extra evening services each way on Saturdays. The journey time to Verney Junction was 41 minutes, with a further 17 minutes to Bletchley.
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service to Bletchley. Eighteen months after their introduction, the need to change at Buckingham was eliminated when the units ran straight through to Bletchley. Two new
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Closure notices were published in December 1959 with the final date of service given as 2 January 1960, but this was delayed due to failure to agree subsidy terms with
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Passenger receipts were never high after 1923 and the coming of the motor vehicle had made serious inroads into traffic between the two wars, which was halted by the
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which was to provide a replacement bus service. The agreement reached would see two buses a day ply the route: one at 07.25 and the other at 15.31.
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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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units nos. M79900 and M79901 entered service on 13 August and operated a service between Banbury and Buckingham, connecting with a steam
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Freight consisted mainly of agricultural produce, milk and cattle for Banbury where there was a market next to Merton Street station.
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in 1923 and special trains brought the boys to and from the school. In the same year, the LNWR became a constituent of the
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Brackley. By 1920, an additional Brackley service had been laid on. Between 1901 and 1916 a through service from
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and was demolished. No trace remains of the station, the site of which was used as a municipal waste tip by
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through the town, with the result that it failed to attract early development and was overtaken by
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the station buildings have survived, although some sections of the line are now public footpaths.
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British Railways Past and Present: Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and West Hertfordshire (No. 24)
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on 1 January 1948. Increasing competition from motor transport and dwindling receipts after the
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through Verney Junction (by 2025), but there are no known plans to reopen this branch.
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altered the course of Buckingham's history when he opposed the proposed route of the
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Farthinghoe became a junction station on 1 June 1872 with the opening of the
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Farr, M.G.D. (December 1959). "The Banbury-Buckingham Railcar Experiment".
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Autumn statement: Chancellor invests in new transport links for the region
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had previously visited Brackley station in May 1950 en route to the first
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The Northampton & Banbury Junction Railway (Locomotion Papers No. 78)
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at Bletchley in the down direction. This practice was restored after the
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since a disastrous fire in 1725 and the collapse of the wool trade. The
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which was formed in 1847 to construct two routes: one from Bletchley to
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Aylesbury to Rugby including the Brill Tramway (Midland Main Lines)
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Engineer's line references, BVJ, Banbury and Verney Junction Branch
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Passenger traffic was relatively light and peaked just before the
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Banbury and the Branch Line to Verney Junction: The Final Years
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led to the line being chosen in 1956 for an experiment with
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Edwards, W.E. (1910). "Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway".
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In 1956, the branch was chosen for a pilot single-car
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Lost Railways of the Chilterns (Lost Railways Series)
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from Bletchley. The scheme was designed to foil the
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Witney, Oxon: Lamplight Publications. 1972:"Planning Application No. S/2002/0160/P" 1099:Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway 2197: 2147: 2135: 2111: 2049: 2037: 2025: 2000:Brackley Town Council (November 2009). 1919: 1883: 1859: 1847: 1835: 1820: 1781: 1769: 1757: 1728: 1716: 1701: 1689: 1575: 1563: 1551: 1524: 1500: 1488: 1452: 1425: 1383: 913:). Onward routes from there ran to the 130: 2562: 2551: 1871: 1677: 1464: 1413: 1360:main line between Oxford and Cambridge 1321:was stabled overnight at Padbury. Her 1225:. The end of the war saw the railways 1140:for mourners to attend the funeral at 1136:from Buckingham upon the death of the 865:Banbury to Verney Junction branch line 31: 18:Banbury to Verney Junction branch line 2472:The Banbury to Verney Junction Branch 27:Former railway branch line in England 7: 2375:Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). 1805: 1793: 1740: 1616: 1604: 1512: 1365:In January 2019, advocacy group the 1158:London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1132:. In 1889, a special service ran to 958:London, Midland and Scottish Railway 2299:Davies, R.T.; Grant, M.D. (1984) . 2088:"Banbury to Verney Junction (LNWR)" 1934:"Banbury to Verney Junction (LNWR)" 1052:. Services ran straight through to 2599:Rail transport in Northamptonshire 1229:and the line becoming part of the 25: 2589:Rail transport in Buckinghamshire 889:with the former Oxford/Cambridge 1062:Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway 1027:The line's northern terminus at 1018:London and North Western Railway 954:London and North Western Railway 805: 764: 763: 756: 734: 693: 692: 686: 685: 663: 641: 619: 600: 578: 556: 534: 515: 490: 489: 482: 476: 475: 453: 412: 406: 405: 383: 376: 354: 332: 326: 325: 284: 283: 276: 254: 247: 225: 183: 2505:(471): 222–223. September 1936. 1344:Northamptonshire County Council 806: 757: 413: 384: 377: 255: 2497:"The Verney Junction Branch". 1356:Buckinghamshire County Council 1274:British Rail Derby Lightweight 978:British Rail Derby Lightweight 483: 277: 1: 2594:Rail transport in Oxfordshire 1367:Campaign for Better Transport 1208:London and Birmingham Railway 1182:Oxfordshire Ironstone Railway 940:The line was promoted by the 735: 664: 642: 620: 601: 579: 557: 535: 516: 454: 355: 333: 184: 2609:Railway lines closed in 1966 2584:Railway lines opened in 1850 2337:Kingscott, Geoffrey (2008). 2318:Jenkins, Stanley C. (1990). 567:Bacon's House Level Crossing 2432:Shannon, Paul (May 1996) . 1256:Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 1012:'s (GWR) attempts to reach 909:(21.49 mi; 34.58  248: 226: 120:21.25 miles (34.20 km) 2625: 1932:Scott, G. (16 July 2007). 1313:Buckingham was visited by 964:. The line became part of 33:Banbury to Verney Junction 2213:. Subterranea Britannica. 2186:Mitchell & Smith 2006 2174:Mitchell & Smith 2005 2163:. Subterranea Britannica. 2124:Mitchell & Smith 2005 1958:Mitchell & Smith 2005 1540:Mitchell & Smith 2005 1477:Mitchell & Smith 2005 1402:Mitchell & Smith 2005 988:Authorisation and opening 814: 799: 772: 750: 743: 728: 701: 679: 672: 657: 650: 635: 628: 613: 609: 594: 587: 572: 565: 550: 543: 528: 524: 509: 498: 469: 462: 447: 421: 399: 392: 370: 363: 348: 341: 319: 292: 270: 263: 241: 234: 219: 192: 177: 2536:"Bid to save a branch". 2268:: Patrick Stephens Ltd. 2086:Scott, G. (1 May 2006). 1404:, Historical background. 1204:first Duke of Buckingham 1138:third Duke of Buckingham 901:, a distance of 21  436:Midland Junction Railway 343:Butcher's Level Crossing 2470:Simpson, Bill (1994) . 2413:Oppitz, Leslie (2000). 1908:Davies & Grant 1984 1661:Davies & Grant 1984 1649:Davies & Grant 1984 1634:Davies & Grant 1984 1593:Davies & Grant 1984 1441:Davies & Grant 1984 994:Buckinghamshire Railway 942:Buckinghamshire Railway 876:Buckinghamshire Railway 502:Great Central Main Line 429:Stratford-upon-Avon and 2451:Simpson, Bill (2005). 2356:Leleux, Robin (1984). 1265:scheme as part of the 1258: 1176:was also carried from 1119:Fulwell & Westbury 1038:Union Pacific Railroad 545:Fulwell & Westbury 394:Cockley Brake Junction 208:Birmingham Moor Street 1542:, Passenger services. 1317:on 4 April, when the 1253: 1231:London Midland Region 1010:Great Western Railway 981:diesel multiple units 948:, later known as the 265:Banbury Merton Street 1263:diesel multiple unit 1162:the railway grouping 915:West Coast Main Line 895:Metropolitan Railway 878:which connected the 822:Metropolitan Railway 589:Water Stratford Halt 158:Junction Branch Line 2150:, pp. 121–122. 1772:, pp. 146–147. 1352:A43 Brackley Bypass 1269:. 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Bucks
Northants
Oxon
England
Track gauge
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Chiltern Main Line
Birmingham Moor Street
Banbury
Banbury Merton Street
Chiltern Main Line
London Marylebone
Farthinghoe
Stratford-upon-Avon and
Midland Junction Railway
Brackley
Great Central Main Line
Fulwell & Westbury
Water Stratford Halt
Radclive Halt
Buckingham
Padbury
Varsity Line
Oxford
Verney Junction
Varsity Line

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