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was discussed between the two companies, and a bold scheme for a new railway was developed, agreement being reached in
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Princes Risborough, the Wycombe Railway single line descended steeply and had a tight curve, and the new down line was to be deviated from it somewhat to ease the gradient to a maximum of 1 in 87 and to ease the curve. The abandoned formation of the original Wycombe Railway may still be detected.
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The scope of the Joint Line was ambitious, and it was coupled with connecting railways for the GWR and GCR separately. The southern end of the Joint Line proper would be at
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had consolidated its network, and according to one point of view, had failed to develop its business further. It had acquired the epithet "the Great Way Round", as many of its principal main lines took a circuitous route to the destination. This was true of the West of
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Northolt line, Sudbury Hill (Harrow) station "became a terminus for a short time of the first passenger services on the line (1 March to 2 April 1906). The service was worked by a revolutionary vehicle – a petrol-electric rail car powered by a 90hp
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Marylebone services to the Eastern Region did not last long, and repeated changes of management structure took place. The trunk line status of the Great Central Railway London extension was viewed as an unnecessary duplication, and many of the best express passenger trains were
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Ruislip, opening throughout on 21 November 1948. Northolt station was transferred to LT control (the remainder being transferred to LT in 1967); at Greenford a new bay platform was provided between the LT platforms for the Ealing Broadway
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In 1923 the main line railways were "grouped" into one or other of four new large railway companies; the Great
Central Railway was a constituent of the new London and North Eastern Railway; the Great Western Railway was restructured with the addition of some South Wales concerns, but the new company
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On 15 February 1918 a serious slip became apparent behind the massive retaining wall west of Wembley Hill station. On 18 February all four tracks had to be closed while remedial work was undertaken; through trains were diverted to Paddington. In a few minutes a 200 yard section of the wall had moved
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near Gerrards Cross. Passenger opening of the entire Joint Line took place on 2 April 1906; on that date stations were opened (or re-opened) at Ruislip & Ickenham, Denham, Gerrard's Cross, Beaconsfield, High Wycombe, Saunderton, Princes Risborough and Haddenham. All of the stations were laid out
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In the 1960s the loss of business on the railways was exercising government, and the Beeching Report resulted in closure of the Great Central London Extension north of Quainton Road on 3 September 1966. The Denham to Uxbridge branch had also declined substantially as a goods line since 1939 and was
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From Northolt Junction the Joint Line would take over the relevant part of the powers of the (unbuilt) Wycombe and Acton line, and then take over the part of the GWR line (former Wycombe Railway) from there to Princes Risborough, taking the opportunity to improve the alignment for main line running
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miles long from Neasden Junction on its planned new route from Marylebone (at this point independent of the Metropolitan Railway, so permitting free access to the London terminus.) It was authorised by Parliament in 1898. The GCR line from Neasden to Northolt was let to a contractor in the value of
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The LPTB in collaboration with the LNER and GWR examined ways in which the now-heavy suburban business in Middlesex might be handled, and a scheme was formulated which became part of the 1935 – 1940 New Works Programme; the GWR would build new electrified tracks from North Acton, on the Ealing and
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In 1912 the GCR purchased a rail-car using petrol-electric traction. It was a small bogie vehicle equipped with a 90 hp six-cylinder petrol engine driving a 55 KW multi-polar dynamo. Maximum speed was 40 m.p.h. on the level. The rest of the car consisted of two passenger saloons accommodating
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The Ashendon Junction to Grendon Underwood section, being Great Central territory, was designed in that company's style, which included the signalbox at Ashendon Junction. Intermediate stations on the section were Wotton and Akeman Street; these were also lavish structures. Goods facilities on the
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Fay told the press that ‘My view is that we shall see oil electric cars running on the railways and supplanting ordinary steam engines to a very great extent.' On 28 March 1912 it ran a trial trip from Marylebone to South Harrow and back, when it attained 50 m.p.h. For a period it remained in the
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On the other hand, the Western Region trains from Paddington to Birmingham and beyond continued, and the majority of the suburban trains on the route ran to Marylebone. The primacy of steam ceased when all the Marylebone local trains were operated by diesel multiple units from June 1962, and the
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On inauguration of the enhanced Euston route, the Joint line ceased to have validity as a trunk line, and from 5 March 1967 through long-distance services were removed from the line. The intermediate stations received a somewhat enhanced semi-fast service. In the Autumn of 1968 the line between
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The joint line opened in 1905 and gave the GCR a better route than previously for its London Extension from Nottingham and Leicester. When the GWR completed its "Bicester Cut-off", combined with the Joint Line itself the GWR had a much shorter and better route for its Birmingham and Birkenhead
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On 18 July 1918 a serious slip took place at Wembley Hill, on the GCR approach line from Neasden. The location had originally been intended to run in tunnel, but a very deep cutting (70 feet) was substituted. The line was closed for two weeks while remedial work was carried out; GCR passenger
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mile connection between Ashendon Junction and Aynho Junction, referred to as the Bicester Cut-off. Powers were obtained for the construction in 1905. The topography of the area was unfavourable to railway routing and a tunnel (Ardley Tunnel) of 1147 yards and two large viaducts were required.
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the line experienced heavy goods traffic in common with many other routes; the well laid out line with long straight loops and other ample facilities served well in the emergency, and in contrast to many other routes, relatively little enhancement of the infrastructure was necessary to cope.
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line were relatively limited, except at High Wycombe, in recognition of the fact that local goods traffic was unlikely to develop vigorously. The early train service was dominated by GWR trains from Paddington to Oxford and Aylesbury and GCR long distance expresses and local stopping trains.
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The following year, on 20 November 1905 the whole line between Greenford and Grendon Underwood was opened for goods trains. At the same time the Neasden to Northolt GCR section was opened. On 1 March 1906 the latter section was opened for passenger trains in the form of railmotors. The first
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In 1948 the main line railways of Great Britain were taken into public ownership, under British Railways. The route was allocated to the Western Region, but the Marylebone train services were operated by the Eastern Region, perpetuating an element of the "joint" status of the line.
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During a period of decline in the 1960s and afterwards, the remaining part of the Joint Line and the approach lines were from Banbury to Marylebone, and from Northolt Junction to Old Oak Common (as well as the Greenford to West Ealing line). The route is now described as the
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At the time of opening of the line, much of the route passed through undeveloped rural terrain. The companies anticipated the development of new suburban housing, as had happened on the Metropolitan Railway main line, although this proved slower to take place than was hoped.
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Even 1 in 87 was considered to be too steep an uphill gradient for heavily laden freight trains heading for London, so the new up line was planned to take a slightly different alignment with a deep cutting and a short tunnel, enabling a maximum rising gradient of 1 in 167.
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route from Euston to Birmingham and Crewe was developed at this time as the primary route on that axis. During the electrification and infrastructure improvement works, Birmingham express passenger traffic was concentrated on the Western Region route over the Joint Line.
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There were stations at Brill & Ludgershall, Blackthorn, Bicester and Ardley and a halt at Aynho Park. Brill, Bicester and Ardley stations had the four track layout with platform loop lines. Bicester was the only place with a substantial goods facility.
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The single track from High Wycombe to Princes Risborough was taken over on 1 August 1899. Construction of the Joint Line and its approach routes was started in 1901, under the management of the Great Western Railway. R C Sikes was the resident engineer.
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The Thame line, between Princes Risborough and Oxford, closed to passenger traffic on 7 January 1963. An oil terminal at Thame and a car factory at Morris Cowley kept the extremities of the route open for goods traffic for the time being.
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the Metropolitan Railway provided a pair of tracks exclusively for the MS&LR trains. The line opened in 1899; but the intermediate 40 miles from Quainton Road was over the Metropolitan Railway, already a busy railway in its own right.
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Metropolitan Railway faced losing a substantial income from running powers charges, and it had already expended considerable sums on widening its line for the GCR. When tempers cooled, a co-operative relationship later resumed.
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Most of the GCR's London Extension was closed in 1966 but the Joint Line, the GCR approach through Wembley and the GWR Bicester Cut-off are still in use as a secondary main line from London to Birmingham, in intensive use by
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The GWR had originally intended to use the Thame route to reach Oxford from Princes Risborough by upgrading the former Wycombe Railway route. This was however considered a roundabout route and the GWR now decided to build a
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miles shorter than the former route via Oxford, and a shortening of the fastest journey time of 20 minutes (from 140 to 120 minutes) was achieved; most of the through trains were immediately transferred to the new route.
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steam service, freeing up the through platforms at Greenford for trains towards High Wycombe. During the 1930s the majority of the through express services were operated by the GWR; the route formed its main line to
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operated an increasingly improved secondary service between London (Marylebone) and Birmingham (Moor Street). This was attractive politically as providing competition to the dominant route from Euston via Rugby.
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New stations were opened progressively to encourage business: Old Oak Lane Halt in 1906; Northolt Halt in 1907; Brentham Halt in 1911; Denham Golf Club Platform in 1912; Beaconsfield Golf Links Platform in 1915.
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lines were joint: it owned no engines or rolling stock of its own, and was not a system in its own right (a railway from Northolt to Ashendon would be completely useless without its vital links to the parent
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between them 50 passengers on rattan covered reversible seats; hanging straps were also provided for standing passengers. A middle entrance gave access to both compartments.
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engine. The rail car had a top speed of 40 mph and seated 50 passengers in four compartments." This appears to be the same vehicle, but the date must be a mistake.
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the new track was ready as far as Greenford. Work was suspended during the war, and in fact the new track was lifted and used for emergency purposes elsewhere.
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six-wheeled composite as a trailer, but it was unsuccessful and its last days were spent on the Great Central & North Stafford joint line in the mid-1930s.
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in lavish style, with the buildings in typical GWR designs. Greenford, Denham, Gerrard's Cross and Beaconsfield had passenger loops for the platforms.
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of a suburban passenger operation, the curvature and gradients of the Metropolitan line were unfavourable, and the GCR began to consider alternatives.
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bodily forward by more than twenty feet. Two temporary tracks were got open in seven days; the final cost of restoration was over £84,000.
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mile direct link from further north on the GCR part of the new line to Banbury. A junction was to be made at
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and double the track. The contract for the line from Northolt to High Wycombe was valued at £580,000.
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via Quainton Road. However, the Great Western Railway had sponsored the
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in 1891, thereby gaining a route between Aylesbury and
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Quainton Road station; now a heritage railway centre
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The Railways of Great Britain -- A Historical Atlas
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Blackthorn; opened 1 July 1910; closed 8 June 1953;
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67:By the final decade of the nineteenth century, the
2922:, Ian Allan Publishing Limited, Shepperton, 2003,
2420:Ardley; opened 1 July 1910; closed 7 January 1963;
585:Jenkins makes clear the status of the Joint Line:
122:was the chairman of the MS&LR and also of the
3526:Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway
2592:, Locomotive Publishing Company Ltd, London, 1962
2545:The Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
648:Ashendon Junction to Grendon Underwood Junction:
602:The ownership of the completed construction was:
298:Great Western and Great Central Railways Act 1899
228:Great Western and Great Central Railways Act 1899
18:Great Western and Great Central Railways Act 1899
2889:, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002
2322:Gerrards Cross; opened 2 April 1906; still open;
540:An essential part of the GWR intentions was the
31:was a railway built and operated jointly by the
2902:, Wild Swan Publications Limited, Didcot, 1997
741:services ran to Paddington during the closure.
2768:Former Wycombe Railway formation at Saunderton
2328:Beaconsfield; opened 2 April 1906; still open;
116:Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
3049:Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
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725:World War I to nationalisation (1918 to 1948)
717:London area, sometimes hauling an ancient ex-
29:Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
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2781:M25: A Circular Tour of the London Orbital
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502:Sudbury & Harrow Road railway station
2900:Atlas of the Great Western Railway, 1947
2665:Edwards, Dennis F.; Pigram, Ron (1982).
2613:Great Central Railway's London Extension
2304:Denham; opened 2 April 1906; still open;
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628:Neasden Junction to Northolt Junction:
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3585:Railway companies established in 1899
2719:. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
805:transferred away from the route. The
665:Ashendon Junction to Aynho Junction:
182:The Metropolitan Railway had reached
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2699:History of the Great Western Railway
2615:. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing.
2313:(M25 crossing); opened 2 April 1906;
2873:
2755:. Vol. III. London: Ian Allan.
500:(on the four track section) and at
2784:. Summersdale Publishers Limited.
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800:Under British Railways: from 1948
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2669:. Tunbridge Wells: Midas Books.
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2857:, Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1968,
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1162:Haddenham & Thame Parkway
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3180:Birkenhead Mollington Street
2543:Jenkins, Stanley C. (1978).
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3401:Chief Mechanical Engineers
3099:Numbering and class naming
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1948:South Harefield goods yard
610:Greenford to West Ealing:
417:line at a new junction at
221:United Kingdom legislation
205:Princes Risborough in 1961
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2715:Jackson, Alan A. (1986).
2697:MacDermot, E. T. (1931).
2611:Robotham, Robert (1990).
2547:. Usk: The Oakwood Press.
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2590:Great Central: volume II
581:Status of the Joint Line
462:Construction and opening
437:Channel Tunnel Rail Link
346:, to Northolt Junction.
321:The Joint Line: planning
3510:Pagoda platform shelter
3310:Cornish Riviera Express
2876:, pp. 318 and 319.
2219:Greenford East Junction
1578:White House Farm Tunnel
1113:Chearsley Viaduct over
145:) to a new terminus at
3500:Llanelli riots of 1911
3417:Bridgwater and Taunton
3296:Cheltenham Spa Express
3289:Cambrian Coast Express
2819:. Oxford Archaeology.
2812:Kelly, Alison (2009).
2778:Hamilton, Ray (2015).
1646:Seer Green and Jordans
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3437:Stourbridge Extension
3235:Newport Ebbw Junction
3041:Constituent companies
3011:South Devon main line
2991:South Wales Main Line
2967:Great Western Railway
2855:Britain's Joint Lines
2317:Gerrards Cross Tunnel
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114:At the same time the
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37:Great Central Railway
33:Great Western Railway
2996:Reading–Taunton line
2751:Dow, George (1965).
2299:Denham West Junction
2293:Denham East Junction
1918:South Harefield Halt
1896:Uxbridge High Street
1866:Grand Junction Canal
873:now passes over the
688:Suburban development
528:The Bicester cut-off
474:and then curving to
179:from 1 August 1897.
124:Metropolitan Railway
3519:The Railway Station
3447:Stratford-upon-Avon
3059:West London Railway
3006:Bristol–Exeter line
845:Closure of branches
3334:Rolling stock
1300:Princes Risborough
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3134:Steam rail motors
3034:Related companies
3016:Cornish Main Line
2378:Ashendon Junction
2365:Ashendon Junction
2347:Saunderton Tunnel
2332:Whitehouse Tunnel
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2231:Northolt Junction
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1818:Denham goods yard
1056:Grendon Underwood
939:Great Western and
894:Chiltern Railways
684:Joint Committee.
389:Grendon Underwood
304:62 & 63 Vict.
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270:62 & 63 Vict.
234:Act of Parliament
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3544:War Memorial
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2830:20 September
2828:. Retrieved
2807:
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2795:. Retrieved
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2588:George Dow,
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2408:; 191 yards;
2406:Brill Tunnel
2405:
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1971:West Ruislip
1719:M25 motorway
1600:Beaconsfield
1548:
1519:High Wycombe
1449:West Wycombe
1266:
1050:
977:
899:
891:
883:
875:M25 motorway
857:was closed.
852:
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839:
831:
819:
815:
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794:
789:World War II
786:
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763:World War II
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498:Wembley Hill
480:
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295:
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283:Royal assent
208:
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163:Baker Street
156:
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101:High Wycombe
94:
66:
45:
41:
28:
26:
3188:Barton Hill
3114:Oil burning
3087:Broad gauge
3070:Locomotives
2974:Main routes
2898:R A Cooke,
2885:M E Quick,
1842:River Colne
1268:Wycombe Rly
1115:River Thame
1090:Ashendon Jn
832:The former
731:World War I
679:miles; GWR.
642:miles; GCR;
624:miles; GWR
598:companies).
476:West Ealing
138:, in 1893.
3569:Categories
3514:Paintings
3375:Containers
3260:Shrewsbury
3230:Gloucester
3001:West Wales
2874:Dow (1965)
2475:References
2269:Joint Line
1994:A4180 road
1554:Maidenhead
1472:A4128 road
1426:A4010 road
1403:Saunderton
1230:Ilmer Halt
1207:A4129 road
905:Topography
855:Bourne End
809:, a prime
775:Birkenhead
771:Birmingham
472:Park Royal
444:Saunderton
336:Paddington
254:Long title
97:Maidenhead
78:Birmingham
35:(GWR) and
3473:Gauge War
3468:Accidents
3346:Autocoach
3193:Bath Road
2981:Main line
1765:A412 road
1691:A413 road
1623:A355 road
1496:A404 road
1276:Aylesbury
1184:Haddenham
1139:A418 road
811:Sheffield
456:Greenford
439:of 2003.
184:Aylesbury
132:Mansfield
43:traffic.
3491:Coleford
3482:Museums
3396:Chairmen
3245:Penzance
3204:Cardiff
3184:Bristol
3082:Absorbed
2821:Archived
1054:line to
982:Bicester
877:via the
782:Uxbridge
719:MS&L
442:Between
411:Ashendon
265:Citation
128:Annesley
3486:Swindon
3452:Swansea
3341:Coaches
3265:Tyseley
3255:Reading
3213:Cathays
3160:Swindon
3124:0-6-0PT
3119:0-4-0ST
2319:(2007);
1088:Former
986:Banbury
787:During
674:⁄
657:⁄
637:⁄
619:⁄
567:⁄
549:⁄
504:and at
491:⁄
430:⁄
415:Banbury
404:⁄
358:⁄
340:Reading
315:Sam Fay
272:c. cciv
165:to the
151:Neasden
82:Chester
3442:Stover
3410:Canals
3389:People
3363:Siphon
3358:Wagons
3225:Exeter
3220:Didcot
3208:Canton
3129:0-6-2T
2926:
2906:
2861:
2788:
2723:
2673:
2619:
1788:Denham
1272:Oxford
950:Legend
729:After
452:Ealing
130:(near
90:Oxford
86:Didcot
74:London
3539:Ships
3461:Other
3169:Bath
3092:Names
2824:(PDF)
2817:(PDF)
2442:Notes
2203:1937;
1717:over
419:Aynho
344:Acton
277:Dates
134:) to
109:Thame
3368:Toad
2924:ISBN
2904:ISBN
2859:ISBN
2832:2018
2799:2018
2786:ISBN
2721:ISBN
2671:ISBN
2617:ISBN
1274:and
869:The
834:LNWR
773:and
174:the
107:and
88:and
80:and
27:The
2156:to
2154:GWR
2126:to
2124:GCR
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