Quainton Road 'excursion' station. 1984.
The Rail Atlas of Britain and Ireland (commonly known as Baker's Bible) and published from 1977 to the present day always had a smattering of stations on freight lines. Generally referred to as "Excursion stations" these often former public stations were spread across the network and some had an obvious purpose while others less so.
Here the station at Quainton Road on the former Metropolitan & Great Central Joint Railway fell into the obvious use category. The station had lost its public service on 4/3/1963 but was located at the heart of the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre which occupied land and sidings on either side of what became the Aylesbury to Bletchley freight only line. It was used for occasional excursion trains and visiting railtours and for a period in the 1980's was served by a shuttle from Aylesbury on Bank Holidays for passengers visiting the railway centre.
In this view on a very grey summers day a 4-car class 115 DMU set is seen during a lunch break layover on the Fakenham & Dereham Railway Societies "Bucks & Oxon Freighter" railtour.
Quainton Road 'excursion' station. 1984.
The Rail Atlas of Britain and Ireland (commonly known as Baker's Bible) and published from 1977 to the present day always had a smattering of stations on freight lines. Generally referred to as "Excursion stations" these often former public stations were spread across the network and some had an obvious purpose while others less so.
Here the station at Quainton Road on the former Metropolitan & Great Central Joint Railway fell into the obvious use category. The station had lost its public service on 4/3/1963 but was located at the heart of the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre which occupied land and sidings on either side of what became the Aylesbury to Bletchley freight only line. It was used for occasional excursion trains and visiting railtours and for a period in the 1980's was served by a shuttle from Aylesbury on Bank Holidays for passengers visiting the railway centre.
In this view on a very grey summers day a 4-car class 115 DMU set is seen during a lunch break layover on the Fakenham & Dereham Railway Societies "Bucks & Oxon Freighter" railtour.