Waddesdon Road railway station

Waddesdon Road
Waddesdon Road Location of Waddesdon Road in Buckinghamshire
Location	Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire
Local authority	Aylesbury Vale
Owner	Wotton Tramway
Number of platforms	1
Key dates
1871	Opened for freight, as Waddesdon Road Siding
1872	Opened for passengers, renamed Waddesdon
1894	Rebuilt
1899	Public ownership (Metropolitan Railway)
1922	Renamed Waddesdon Road
1935	Closed by London Transport
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°51′07″N 0°56′48″W / 51.8519°N 0.9468°W / 51.8519; -0.9468Coordinates: 51°51′07″N 0°56′48″W / 51.8519°N 0.9468°W / 51.8519; -0.9468

Waddesdon Road railway station, called Waddesdon railway station before 1922, was a small halt in open countryside in Buckinghamshire, England. It was opened in 1871 as part of a short horse-drawn tramway to assist with the transport of goods from and around the Duke of Buckingham's extensive estates in Buckinghamshire and to connect the Duke's estates to the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway at Quainton Road. In 1872 the line was expanded and converted for passenger use, becoming known as the Brill Tramway. In 1899 the operation of the line was taken over by the London-based Metropolitan Railway.

In 1933 the Metropolitan Railway was taken into public ownership to become the Metropolitan line of the London Underground, and despite its rural setting Waddesdon Road station became a part of the London Transport system. The new management could not see a future for the line as a financially viable passenger route, and Waddesdon Road, along with the rest of the former Brill Tramway, was closed in late 1935.

The station was heavily used for the transport of construction materials during the building of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild's estate at Waddesdon Manor in the 1870s and 1880s, but aside from that it saw little use. The station was inconveniently sited and served by few passenger trains, and other more frequently served stations were in easy walking distance. In 1932, the last full year of operations prior to the Metropolitan Railway being taken into public ownership, the station was used for only 281 passenger journeys and generated just £4 of passenger revenue.

On 23 September 1868 the small Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway (A&BR) was opened. It ran south from the London and North Western Railway's Oxford to Bletchley line at Verney Junction, via Quainton Road railway station, to connect with the Great Western Railway at Aylesbury.