Maidenhead Boyne Hill railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Maidenhead Boyne Hill

| status = Disused

| image =

| borough = Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|51.522382|-0.729408|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SU882811|25|SU882811}}

| original = Wycombe Railway

| pregroup = Great Western Railway

| years = 1 August 1854

| events = Opened as Maidenhead (Wycombe Branch)

| years1 = 1866

| events1 = Renamed Maidenhead Boyne Hill

| years2 = 1 November 1871

| events2 = Closed

}}

Maidenhead Boyne Hill railway station was built by the Wycombe Railway to serve the western part of Maidenhead. It was opened in 1854 and closed in 1871.

History

The station was opened on 1 August 1854 along with five other intermediate stations on the Wycombe Railway's route between Maidenhead and Wycombe.{{sfn|MacDermot|1927|p=89}}{{sfn|MacDermot|1927|pp=333,335}}{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=152}}{{sfn|Oppitz|2000|p=14}}{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|2002|loc=Historical background}} It was situated on Castle Hill close to the point where the line passes under the Bath Road (the present day A4).{{sfn|Over|2001|loc=para. 6}}{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|2002|loc=fig. XV}}

The station, at first named Maidenhead (Wycombe Branch), was later renamed Maidenhead (Boyne Hill).{{sfn|MacDermot|1927|p=89}}{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=152}}

File:Boyne Hill Station.jpg

Maidenhead Boyne Hill closed on 1 November 1871, being replaced the same day by Maidenhead Junction, a new station which was built to serve the whole of Maidenhead.{{sfn|MacDermot|1927|p=89}}{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=152}}{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|2002|loc=fig. XV}}{{sfn|Over|2001|loc=para. 8}} The line remains open for passenger services between Maidenhead and {{stnlnk|Marlow}}. The bricked up arches which led to the platforms can still be seen in the southern parapet of the bridge, beneath the footpath.

Route

{{rail line|previous=Maidenhead and Taplow
Line open, station closed|next={{stnlnk|Cookham}}
Line and station open|route=Great Western Railway
Wycombe Railway|col={{GWR colour}} }}

Notes

References

{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 }}
{{cite book |last=MacDermot |first=E.T. |title=History of the Great Western Railway |volume=I |publisher=Great Western Railway |location=Paddington |edition=1st |year=1927 }}
{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Vic |last2=Smith |first2=Keith |title=Branch Lines to Henley, Windsor and Marlow |date=February 2002 |publisher=Middleton Press |location=Midhurst |isbn=1-901706-77-X }}
{{cite book |last=Oppitz |first=Leslie |title=Lost Railways of the Chilterns |year=2000 |publisher=Countryside Books |location=Newbury |isbn=1-85306-643-5 }}
{{cite web |url=http://www.wargrave.net/history/Sept01.html |title=The Railway Comes to Maidenhead |first=Luke |last=Over |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Delaney |work=Wargrave Local History Society |date=September 2001 |access-date=8 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050325184054/http://www.wargrave.net/history/Sept01.html |archive-date=25 March 2005 }}

External links

{{commons category-inline|Maidenhead Boyne Hill railway station}}
[http://www.pete63.me.uk/pete63_011.htm Maidenhead to Marlow Line]
[http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/rail/maidenhead-boyne-hill-road-station.htm Maidenhead Boyne Hill Station - the remains still visible in 2012]

Category:Disused railway stations in Berkshire

Category:Former Great Western Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1854

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1871