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Chinnor railway station

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closed the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway to passengers in 1957 and to goods in 1961. The station was demolished but the section of line between Princes Risborough and Chinnor remained open for cement traffic until 1989.
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First opened in 1872 to serve Chinnor and the surrounding villages, the line was projected to be extended to
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Current access to the station is from the 'wrong' side of the tracks compared with the original layout (
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Chinnor
South Oxfordshire
51°41′52″N 0°54′25″W / 51.6978°N 0.9069°W / 51.6978; -0.9069
Grid reference
SP756004
Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway
Great Western Railway
Chinnor
Oxfordshire
Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
Wallingford
Cholsey
Princes Risborough
single track
British Railways

Railway Clearing House
Historical railways
Wainhill Crossing Halt
Great Western Railway
Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway
Kingston Crossing Halt
Heritage Railways
Heritage railways
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
Princes Risborough
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway: History
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