At only 6.8 miles long, with only a single track, The Aylesbury Railway was never one of the major lines in the region. It branched off the London and Birmingham Railway at Cheddington, almost at right angles, and proceeded in almost a straight line to Aylesbury. The Aylesbury Railway received its parliamentary act on the 19th May 1936, though building was not commenced immediately, due to the competition from other schemes. The line was opened on the 10th June 1839, operated by the London and Birmingham Railway. This was the first line to arrive at Aylesbury, the Wycombe Railway not arriving at Aylesbury until 1863.

The Aylesbury Railway was absorbed into the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) along with the London and Birmingham Railway. The LNWR open the rebuilt the Aylesbury High Street Station on 16th June 1889, on a new adjacent site.

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Other Publications:

• Forgotten Railways Chilterns and Cotswolds - R Davies and M D Grant - David & Charles - 1984
• Aylesbury Railway: The First Branch Line - Bill Simpson - OPC Railprint - 1989
• The Aylesbury Railway - E J S Gadsden - Bledlow Press - 1962

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Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Road Map - Luton - Sheet 95 - Popular Edition - Revised 3rd Edition 1913-14