West Wycombe railway station

West Wycombe
General information
LocationWest Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
England
Grid referenceSU838945
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWycombe Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western and Great Central Joint Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western and Great Central Joint Railway
Key dates
1 August 1862Line opens from High Wycombe to Thame
1862Station opened
3 November 1958Station closed

West Wycombe railway station was a railway station that served the village of West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Situated about 12 mile (0.80 km) east of the village the station opened in 1862 and closed in 1958. Minutes of the Wycombe Railway state that construction of West Wycombe station in 1862 cost £430 8s 8d, equivalent to £50,734 in 2023, with additional general works at £417 8s 8d, equivalent to £49,202 in 2023.[1]

In the late 1980s, the then operator of the Chiltern Lines Network SouthEast suggested reopening West Wycombe station in order to ease the peak hour congestion at the main High Wycombe station. However, no detailed plans were ever published, and there has been no further suggestion of reopening the station by the current operator, the Arriva owned Chiltern Railways. Chiltern Railways has invested heavily in both infrastructure and rolling stock for the Chiltern group of lines.

  1. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.