Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway information
English standard gauge heritage railway
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
Pannier Tank at Chinnor Station. 5700 class Pannier tank 9682 waits while passengers board at Chinnor Station on the preserved Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
Locale
Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England
Terminus
Chinnor and Princes Risborough
Connections
Chiltern Main Line at Princes Risborough
Commercial operations
Name
Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Company
Original gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
Stations
2
Length
4 miles (6.4 km)
Preserved gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened
15 August 1872
Closed
1 July 1957 (passenger) 20 Dec 1989 (goods)
Preservation history
August 1989
C&PRR formed
26 July 1994
Transport and Works Order active
20 August 1994
First public service
1996
Extended to Thame Junction
July 2016
First train into Princes Risborough
March 2017
Lease Agreement signed with Network Rail for Princes Risborough Platform 4
August 2018
Opening of rebuilt Platform 4
Headquarters
Chinnor
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Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
Legend
Bicester cut-off to Banbury
Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line
Thame Jct. (Wycombe Railway to Oxford )
Princes Risborough
Chiltern Main Line to High Wycombe
Horsenden Lane Crossing
Bledlow Bridge Halt
Perry Lane Bridge
West Lane Bridge
Wainhill Crossing
Wainhill Crossing Halt
Station Road Bridge
Chinnor
Chinnor Yard
Kingston Crossing Halt
Kingston Crossing
Aston Rowant (proposed)
Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway
Chinnor station is the headquarters of the preserved Chinnor & Princes Risborough RailwayThe run round loop and sidings
The Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway with its headquarters and main station at Chinnor in South Oxfordshire, England. It runs along the foot of the Chilterns escarpment. Although a little distance away, it has since[when?] been given the nickname 'The Icknield Line' for its connection to the Lower Icknield Way.
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