A look at the lost Wycombe railway line between Princes Risborough & Oxford! #princesrisborough #oxford #railways #disused #phoenixtrail
In 1862, the Wycombe Railway opened an extension from High Wycombe via Princes Risborough to Thame. In 1864, it opened an extension from Thame to Kennington Junction on the GWR line between Didcot and Oxford, thus finally completing its route to Oxford.
In 1963, British Railways closed the section between Princes Risborough and Kennington Junction to passenger traffic. The part of this section between Thame and Morris Cowley was closed to all traffic in 1968. In 1991, BR closed the section between Princes Risborough and Thame, which hitherto had remained open for freight traffic to an oil depot at Thame. The section from the B4009 underbridge west of Princes Risborough to the A329 level crossing west of Thame was subsequently converted into a footpath and cycle track, the Phoenix Trail.
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Maidenhead to High Wycombe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsV6by2gGiE
Bristol to Radstock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pUpGqEesXk
Bath to Templecombe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mijtj6CyvWM
Ross on Wye to Monmouth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6SWBrpu1Tw
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Thanks for your efforts James as always. I don't know if it was me, but the 1882 view compared to the modern view, seemed to have little change between stations than usual. I know farmland changes very little, perhaps more on this route than usual. Look forward to the next.