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Thame railway station

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As originally built Thame station only had a single platform with an engine shed on the south side on the location where later cattle pens were built, sometime between 1864 and 1893 the engine shed was demolished and a second platform built, the trainshed roof was extended on one side to provide a
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depot remained at Thame and the line from Princes Risborough remained open for oil trains to serve it. In 1991 the oil depot was closed. In 1998 all track between Thame and Princes Risborough was lifted, with the exception of a short stub at the Princes Risborough end.
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Thame and the first station at High Wycombe were the same in design and dimensions, although different construction materials were used for each: the train-shed walls at Thame were timber, while Wycombe's were flint and brick.
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withdrew passenger services between Princes Risborough and Oxford, and closed all intermediate stations including Thame. Later the track was dismantled between Thame and
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The cost of construction of the station building was £2,201 1s 5d additional general works were £2,137 8s 8d. In 1864 the line was extended from Thame to
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After closure the route from Thame to Princes Risborough was subsequently purchased by
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and converted into a cycle/pedestrian route under the title of
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The station was provided with a 28 lever signal box, with
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Thame
South Oxfordshire
51°44′28″N 0°58′09″W / 51.7411°N 0.9693°W / 51.7411; -0.9693
Grid reference
SP713052
Wycombe Railway
Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
Wycombe Railway
Thame
Oxfordshire
High Wycombe
Princes Risborough
Oxford
train shed
platforms
ETB
British Railways
Cowley
BP
Sustrans
The Phoenix Trail
UK National Cycle Route 57
Haddenham & Thame Parkway
Chiltern Main Line
Tiddington
Western Region of British Railways
Wycombe Railway
Towersey Halt

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