Wotton railway station (Great Central Railway)

Wotton was a railway station at Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, on the Great Central Railway's link line between Calvert and Ashendon Junction.^[2]

Wotton
General information
Location	Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire England
Grid reference	SP695152
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 April 1906	Station opened[1]
7 December 1953	Station closed

History

The station was opened by the Great Central Railway on 2 April 1906,^[3] becoming part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It was built to the south of the point where the GCR crossed the Brill Tramway near its Wotton station.^[4] It was closed on 7 December 1953.^[3][5]

Notes

1. Edwards & Pigram 1988, p. 109.
2. Pre-Grouping Atlas, p. 10, section E3
3. Butt 1995, p. 255
4. Mitchell & Smith, fig. XVIb
5. Mitchell & Smith, fig. 62

References

• 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.
• Edwards, Dennis; Pigram, Ron (1988). The Romance of Metro-Land. London: Godfrey Cave Associates Ltd. ISBN 978-1-870630-37-5.
• Conolly, W. Philip (1998). British railways pre-grouping atlas and gazetteer (9th impression; 5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0. OCLC 221481275.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Aylesbury to Rugby. Midland Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-904474-91-3.

Service

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Wotton

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Akeman Street Line and station closed		Great Central Railway London Extension		Haddenham Line and station closed

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map

51.831371°N 0.992600°W / 51.831371; -0.992600