South Aylesbury Halt railway station explained

South Aylesbury Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Aylesbury, District of Aylesbury Vale
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Postgroup:Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Years:1933
Events:Opened
Years1:1967
Events1:Closed

South Aylesbury Halt was a railway station which was opened in 1933 and was closed in 1967. It was located on the Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line.[1]

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 13 February 1933 to serve factories in the locality, as well as the Southcourt housing estate.[2] It was situated on a foot crossing between Mandeville Road and Old Stoke Road. In 1966, British Rail proposed the closure of the station which was queried by the East Midlands Transport Users Consultative Committee (TUCC) as usage figures showed that receipts were £130 per year while direct costs were only £26.[3] British Rail subsequently justified the closure on the basis of anticipated renewal costs of £2,500 and the TUCC approved the closure, as there would be no hardship caused. The station closed on 5 June 1967.

Present day

The station was demolished after closure and no trace remains. Pedestrian access across the railway was maintained at the station site until a fatality in November 2016 when a cyclist was killed.[4] The crossing has since been closed.[5]

References

51.8086°N -0.8101°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pastscape - Detailed Result: SOUTH AYLESBURY HALT. Pastscape.org.uk. 19 July 2018.
  2. Book: Maggs, Colin . The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire. Amberley Publishing. Stroud, Gloucestershire. 2010. 978-1848683426.
  3. Book: Gourvish, Terry. British Railways 1948-73: A Business History. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 2011. 978-0521188838. 455.
  4. Web site: Cyclist dies in Stoke Mandeville after being hit by train. Chris. Marshall-Bell. Cycling Weekly. 2016-11-09. 2020-05-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20201031102009/https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/cyclist-dies-stoke-mandeville-hit-train-298727. 31 October 2020.
  5. News: Network Rail closes two level crossings after tragic death and two near-misses. Bucks Herald. 2017-01-16. 2020-05-26.