Waddesdon Manor railway station
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Site of Waddesdon Station, one platform is visible on the left
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 Waddesdon
Location of Waddesdon in Buckinghamshire
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| Location | Waddesdon |
| Local authority | District of Aylesbury Vale |
| Grid reference | SP757180 |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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| Original company | Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway |
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| 1 January 1897 | Opened as Waddesdon Manor |
| 1 October 1922 | Renamed Waddesdon |
| 6 July 1936 | Station closed |
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| WGS84 | 51°51′19″N 0°54′08″W / 51.8554°N 0.9021°WCoordinates: 51°51′19″N 0°54′08″W / 51.8554°N 0.9021°W |
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Waddesdon is a closed station that served the village of Waddesdon and its manor, to the north of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. The station is not to be confused with Waddesdon Road railway station at the other end of the Waddesdon Manor estate on the Brill Tramway.
The station was first opened as Waddesdon Manor by the Metropolitan Railway on 1 January 1897. "Manor" was dropped from the name on 1 October 1922. It was the first station north of Aylesbury on the section of the Metropolitan Railway between Aylesbury and Verney Junction.
The Metropolitan Railway amalgamated with several other transport companies to form the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933. The station was closed on 6 July 1936 when their services were curtailed at Aylesbury.
While open, the station was also served by former Great Central Main Line (running on the same tracks as the Metropolitan line as far as Quainton Road) which was not itself closed to passengers until 1966, under the Beeching Axe.
Today the permanent way, now single-track, remains in place through the site of the station. One platform of the station (on the side remote from the remaining track) remains; the other has been demolished. The line is still used for the occasional freight train, as well as special services between Aylesbury and Quainton Road for events at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
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