Haddenham and Thame Parkway railway station
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Haddenham and Thame Parkway railway station serves the village of Haddenham
in Buckinghamshire
and town of Thame
in Oxfordshire
. The station is on the western edge of Haddenham, about 2 miles (3 km) north east of Thame, and is served by Chiltern Railways
.
at the village and a Thame railway station
on the Princes Risborough to Oxford line
, but British Rail
ways closed both stations in accordance with the Reshaping of British Railways
report in 1963. The old Haddenham station was on a different site about 0.5 miles (804.7 m) south-east of the present one, and traces can still be seen where a bridge carries Station Road over the line.
The current station was opened on 5 October 1987 to serve Haddenham and Thame. The station was built on the north side of Thame Road, Haddenham, and was originally single platform, with the platform sited on the former down line, long since removed. However, in 1998 as part of 'Project Evergreen,' Chiltern Railways re-doubled the Princes Risborough – Bicester line and re-modelled the platforms so that from 24 May 1998, there are now two, one on either line. Since then the platforms have also been lengthened and the station building has been expanded to include a coffee shop following the removal of the newsagents based in a temporary building.
In recent years passenger traffic at Haddenham and Thame has grown rapidly. In the seven years 2003–10 the number of passengers using the station increased by 47%.
Haddenham, Buckinghamshire
Haddenham is a large village and is also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. Its estimated population in 2011 is 8,385 It is about south-west of Aylesbury and north-east of Thame.-History:...
in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
and town of Thame
Thame
Thame is a town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about southwest of the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury. It derives its toponym from the River Thame which flows past the north side of the town....
in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
. The station is on the western edge of Haddenham, about 2 miles (3 km) north east of Thame, and is served by Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Railways is a British train operating company. It was set up at the privatisation of British Rail in 1996, and operates local passenger trains from Marylebone station in London to Aylesbury and main-line trains on the Chiltern Main Line to Birmingham Snow Hill with its associated branches...
.
History and general information
There used to be a Haddenham railway stationHaddenham (Bucks) railway station
Haddenham railway station was on the former Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway between and Ashendon Junction. It was closed in 1963.-History:...
at the village and a Thame railway station
Thame railway station
Thame railway station was a station on the Wycombe Railway serving the town of Thame in Oxfordshire. It was opened in 1862 as the terminus of an extension from High Wycombe via Princes Risborough. In 1864 the line was extended from Thame to Oxford. The station was built with a train shed over its...
on the Princes Risborough to Oxford line
Wycombe Railway
The Wycombe Railway was a British railway between and that connected with the Great Western Railway at both ends; there was one branch, to .-History:The Wycombe Railway Company was incorporated by an act of Parliament passed in 1846...
, but British Rail
British Rail
British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...
ways closed both stations in accordance with the Reshaping of British Railways
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
report in 1963. The old Haddenham station was on a different site about 0.5 miles (804.7 m) south-east of the present one, and traces can still be seen where a bridge carries Station Road over the line.
The current station was opened on 5 October 1987 to serve Haddenham and Thame. The station was built on the north side of Thame Road, Haddenham, and was originally single platform, with the platform sited on the former down line, long since removed. However, in 1998 as part of 'Project Evergreen,' Chiltern Railways re-doubled the Princes Risborough – Bicester line and re-modelled the platforms so that from 24 May 1998, there are now two, one on either line. Since then the platforms have also been lengthened and the station building has been expanded to include a coffee shop following the removal of the newsagents based in a temporary building.
In recent years passenger traffic at Haddenham and Thame has grown rapidly. In the seven years 2003–10 the number of passengers using the station increased by 47%.