Wycombe Railway Company

The Wycombe Railway Company is a defunct railway in England. It was incorporated by an act of Parliament passed in 1846. The act authorised the construction of a single line railway from the Great Western Railway's Maidenhead railway station, then located close to the site of the current Taplow railway station. In 1852 construction started, and the line opened on 1st August 1854.

The Line

The Wycombe line left the GWR at the site of the current Maidenhead railway station. The first stop was Maidenhead (Wycombe Junction), later renamed Boyne Hill. This station was situated on the Bath Road half way up Castle Hill. The station closed in 1871 when the present Maidenhead railway station was opened. The entrance to Boyne Hill station can still be seen, though it is totally bricked up and thus inaccessible.

The railway then continued via Furze Platt to Cookham. From Cookham the line continued to Bourne End. At Bourne End the line split, with the line continuing to High Wycombe, via Wooburn and Loudwater, and a separate line running to Marlow.

Later Developments

The line was eventually taken over by the GWR. The line was later scaled back; it now terminates at Bourne End, though the branch line to Marlow remains. There is little hope of the line from Bourne End to High Wycombe being recommissioned as several key plots of land have subsequently been built on.

External links

* [http://www.mmpa.org.uk/history.html Marlow and Maidenhead Passengers' Association - History Section]