Summary
Granborough Road railway station (initially Grandborough Road) was a station serving the village of Granborough, to the north of Quainton in Buckinghamshire, England.[1]
| Granborough Road | |
|---|---|
 Station site in 2015 | |
  Granborough Road Location of Granborough Road in Buckinghamshire | |
| Location | Granborough |
| Local authority | Buckinghamshire |
| Grid reference | SP745242 |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 23 September 1868 | Opened as Grandborough Road |
| 6 October 1920 | Renamed Granborough Road |
| 6 July 1936 | Station closed |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°54′42″N 0°55′03″W / 51.9116°N 0.9176°W |
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History edit
The station was opened by the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway (A&BR) on 23 September 1868[2][3][4] as part of its 12.75-mile (20.52-kilometre) route from Aylesbury to Verney Junction where it joined the Buckinghamshire Railway's Oxford to Bletchley line.[5][6][7] The line was single track and worked from the start by the Great Western Railway, which provided a service of three trains each way daily.[6][8] The A&BR, which had for some time been in a parlous financial state, was absorbed by the Metropolitan Railway with effect from 1 July 1891.[7][9][10][11] From 2 April 1906, all Metropolitan services north of Harrow South Junction to Verney Junction were run by the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway; this continued until 6 July 1936 when the London Passenger Transport Board, which had taken over the Metropolitan in 1933, withdrew local passenger services as an economy measure.[12][10][9][13] Through services ceased entirely on 7 September 1947 and the route closed.[14][12][10][15]
Whilst open, this station was accessed via a branch line off the former Great Central Main Line with the junction being just to the north of Quainton Road. The branch line continued through Winslow Road and ended at a terminating platform at Verney Junction.
Today very little remains of this station, the permanent way between Quainton Road and Verney Junction having long ago been lifted. The site is now a farmer's field and although a bit of platform does remain, the track bed itself is now a route for pylons.
Despite being over 30 miles from London and not underground, the association with the Metropolitan line means this station is considered to be one of the closed London Underground stations. It is briefly referred to as such in the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall when Bond spots the name embedded in a cypher.[16]
Routes edit
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow Road | Metropolitan Railway Verney Junction Branch |
Quainton Road |
Notes edit
- ^ "Station Name: Granborough Road". Disused Stations. UK. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ Quick (2009), p. 415.
- ^ Butt (1995), p. 252.
- ^ Davies & Grant (1984), p. 84.
- ^ Simpson (1985), p. 8.
- ^ a b Oppitz (2000), p. 30.
- ^ a b Simpson (1994), p. 133.
- ^ Simpson (1985), p. 9.
- ^ a b Awdry (1990), p. 207.
- ^ a b c Leleux (1984), p. 37.
- ^ Davies & Grant (1984), p. 85.
- ^ a b Davies & Grant (1984), p. 89.
- ^ Clinker (1978), p. 149.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith (2006), fig. 54.
- ^ Oppitz (2000), p. 38.
- ^ Curran, Kevin (2 December 2012). "Viewpoint: James Bond fails the tech test in Skyfall". BBC News. UK: BBC. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
References edit
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Clinker, C. R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 0-905466-19-5. OCLC 5726624.
- Davies, R.; Grant, M.D. (1984) [1975]. Forgotten Railways: Chilterns and Cotswolds. Newton Abbot, Devon: David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-07-0.
- Leleux, Robin (1984) [1976]. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The East Midlands. Vol. 9. Newton Abbot, Devon: David St. John Thomas. ISBN 978-0-946537-06-8.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (November 2006). Aylesbury to Rugby (Midland Main Lines). Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-904474-91-3.
- Oppitz, Leslie (2000). Lost Railways of the Chilterns. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-108-1.
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- Simpson, Bill (1994) [1978]. Banbury to Verney Junction Branch. Banbury, Oxon: Lamplight Publications. ISBN 978-1-899246-00-7.
- Simpson, Bill (1985). The Brill Tramway including the Railway from Aylesbury to Verney Junction. Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-218-4.
External links edit
- London's Abandoned Tube Stations – Granborough Road
- Granborough Road at Disused Stations