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traffic started on 11 May 1914. The line was originally intended to connect through to the Vine Street station, terminus of the earlier
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The scope of the Joint Line was ambitious, and it was coupled with connecting railways for the GWR and GCR separately. The southern end of the Joint Line proper would be at
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had consolidated its network, and according to one point of view, had failed to develop its business further. It had acquired the epithet "the Great Way Round", as many of its principal main lines took a circuitous route to the destination. This was true of the West of
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Marylebone services to the Eastern Region did not last long, and repeated changes of management structure took place. The trunk line status of the Great Central Railway London extension was viewed as an unnecessary duplication, and many of the best express passenger trains were
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In 1923 the main line railways were "grouped" into one or other of four new large railway companies; the Great
Central Railway was a constituent of the new London and North Eastern Railway; the Great Western Railway was restructured with the addition of some South Wales concerns, but the new company
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On 15 February 1918 a serious slip became apparent behind the massive retaining wall west of Wembley Hill station. On 18 February all four tracks had to be closed while remedial work was undertaken; through trains were diverted to Paddington. In a few minutes a 200 yard section of the wall had moved
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The existing Aylesbury branch of the Wycombe Railway was taken into the control of the Joint Committee. It was 7 miles 18 chains in length. From 1907 Aylesbury station was under the joint control of two joint committees, the GW & GC Joint Committee and the Great Central and Metropolitan Railways
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near Gerrards Cross. Passenger opening of the entire Joint Line took place on 2 April 1906; on that date stations were opened (or re-opened) at Ruislip & Ickenham, Denham, Gerrard's Cross, Beaconsfield, High Wycombe, Saunderton, Princes Risborough and Haddenham. All of the stations were laid out
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In the 1960s the loss of business on the railways was exercising government, and the Beeching Report resulted in closure of the Great Central London Extension north of Quainton Road on 3 September 1966. The Denham to Uxbridge branch had also declined substantially as a goods line since 1939 and was
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Steam railmotors were used on the London end of the line from 1903, giving the potential for frequent low-cost local passenger train operation. In 1907 a branch line was opened by the GWR from Denham to Uxbridge; the work cost £87,459. The trains ran from Gerrards Cross, starting on 24 April; goods
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From Northolt Junction the Joint Line would take over the relevant part of the powers of the (unbuilt) Wycombe and Acton line, and then take over the part of the GWR line (former Wycombe Railway) from there to Princes Risborough, taking the opportunity to improve the alignment for main line running
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miles long from Neasden Junction on its planned new route from Marylebone (at this point independent of the Metropolitan Railway, so permitting free access to the London terminus.) It was authorised by Parliament in 1898. The GCR line from Neasden to Northolt was let to a contractor in the value of
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As the Great Central took stock of the Metropolitan Railway's attitude, it also re-assessed the practicality of operating a trunk main line with heavy mineral traffic as well as express passenger trains over the tracks of the Metropolitan Railway from Aylesbury southwards. As well as the congestion
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The LPTB in collaboration with the LNER and GWR examined ways in which the now-heavy suburban business in Middlesex might be handled, and a scheme was formulated which became part of the 1935 – 1940 New Works Programme; the GWR would build new electrified tracks from North Acton, on the Ealing and
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In 1912 the GCR purchased a rail-car using petrol-electric traction. It was a small bogie vehicle equipped with a 90 hp six-cylinder petrol engine driving a 55 KW multi-polar dynamo. Maximum speed was 40 m.p.h. on the level. The rest of the car consisted of two passenger saloons accommodating
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The Ashendon Junction to Grendon Underwood section, being Great Central territory, was designed in that company's style, which included the signalbox at Ashendon Junction. Intermediate stations on the section were Wotton and Akeman Street; these were also lavish structures. Goods facilities on the
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Fay told the press that ‘My view is that we shall see oil electric cars running on the railways and supplanting ordinary steam engines to a very great extent.' On 28 March 1912 it ran a trial trip from Marylebone to South Harrow and back, when it attained 50 m.p.h. For a period it remained in the
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On the other hand, the Western Region trains from Paddington to Birmingham and beyond continued, and the majority of the suburban trains on the route ran to Marylebone. The primacy of steam ceased when all the Marylebone local trains were operated by diesel multiple units from June 1962, and the
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On inauguration of the enhanced Euston route, the Joint line ceased to have validity as a trunk line, and from 5 March 1967 through long-distance services were removed from the line. The intermediate stations received a somewhat enhanced semi-fast service. In the Autumn of 1968 the line between
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The joint line opened in 1905 and gave the GCR a better route than previously for its London Extension from Nottingham and Leicester. When the GWR completed its "Bicester Cut-off", combined with the Joint Line itself the GWR had a much shorter and better route for its Birmingham and Birkenhead
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On 18 July 1918 a serious slip took place at Wembley Hill, on the GCR approach line from Neasden. The location had originally been intended to run in tunnel, but a very deep cutting (70 feet) was substituted. The line was closed for two weeks while remedial work was carried out; GCR passenger
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mile connection between Ashendon Junction and Aynho Junction, referred to as the Bicester Cut-off. Powers were obtained for the construction in 1905. The topography of the area was unfavourable to railway routing and a tunnel (Ardley Tunnel) of 1147 yards and two large viaducts were required.
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the line experienced heavy goods traffic in common with many other routes; the well laid out line with long straight loops and other ample facilities served well in the emergency, and in contrast to many other routes, relatively little enhancement of the infrastructure was necessary to cope.
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line were relatively limited, except at High Wycombe, in recognition of the fact that local goods traffic was unlikely to develop vigorously. The early train service was dominated by GWR trains from Paddington to Oxford and Aylesbury and GCR long distance expresses and local stopping trains.
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The following year, on 20 November 1905 the whole line between Greenford and Grendon Underwood was opened for goods trains. At the same time the Neasden to Northolt GCR section was opened. On 1 March 1906 the latter section was opened for passenger trains in the form of railmotors. The first
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The Chiltern operation continues at the present day (2024) with frequent passenger services between Birmingham and London, enhanced by the construction of a spur at Bicester (connecting to the west to east Oxford to Bletchley line) enabling Oxford to London services to run via Bicester.
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During a period of decline in the 1960s and afterwards, the remaining part of the Joint Line and the approach lines were from Banbury to Marylebone, and from Northolt Junction to Old Oak Common (as well as the Greenford to West Ealing line). The route is now described as the
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At the time of opening of the line, much of the route passed through undeveloped rural terrain. The companies anticipated the development of new suburban housing, as had happened on the Metropolitan Railway main line, although this proved slower to take place than was hoped.
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route from Euston to Birmingham and Crewe was developed at this time as the primary route on that axis. During the electrification and infrastructure improvement works, Birmingham express passenger traffic was concentrated on the Western Region route over the Joint Line.
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There were stations at Brill & Ludgershall, Blackthorn, Bicester and Ardley and a halt at Aynho Park. Brill, Bicester and Ardley stations had the four track layout with platform loop lines. Bicester was the only place with a substantial goods facility.
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The single track from High Wycombe to Princes Risborough was taken over on 1 August 1899. Construction of the Joint Line and its approach routes was started in 1901, under the management of the Great Western Railway. R C Sikes was the resident engineer.
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The Thame line, between Princes Risborough and Oxford, closed to passenger traffic on 7 January 1963. An oil terminal at Thame and a car factory at Morris Cowley kept the extremities of the route open for goods traffic for the time being.
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the Metropolitan Railway provided a pair of tracks exclusively for the MS&LR trains. The line opened in 1899; but the intermediate 40 miles from Quainton Road was over the Metropolitan Railway, already a busy railway in its own right.
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Metropolitan Railway faced losing a substantial income from running powers charges, and it had already expended considerable sums on widening its line for the GCR. When tempers cooled, a co-operative relationship later resumed.
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The GWR had originally intended to use the Thame route to reach Oxford from Princes Risborough by upgrading the former Wycombe Railway route. This was however considered a roundabout route and the GWR now decided to build a
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miles shorter than the former route via Oxford, and a shortening of the fastest journey time of 20 minutes (from 140 to 120 minutes) was achieved; most of the through trains were immediately transferred to the new route.
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steam service, freeing up the through platforms at Greenford for trains towards High Wycombe. During the 1930s the majority of the through express services were operated by the GWR; the route formed its main line to
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operated an increasingly improved secondary service between London (Marylebone) and Birmingham (Moor Street). This was attractive politically as providing competition to the dominant route from Euston via Rugby.
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New stations were opened progressively to encourage business: Old Oak Lane Halt in 1906; Northolt Halt in 1907; Brentham Halt in 1911; Denham Golf Club Platform in 1912; Beaconsfield Golf Links Platform in 1915.
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lines were joint: it owned no engines or rolling stock of its own, and was not a system in its own right (a railway from Northolt to Ashendon would be completely useless without its vital links to the parent
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between them 50 passengers on rattan covered reversible seats; hanging straps were also provided for standing passengers. A middle entrance gave access to both compartments.
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engine. The rail car had a top speed of 40 mph and seated 50 passengers in four compartments." This appears to be the same vehicle, but the date must be a mistake.
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the new track was ready as far as Greenford. Work was suspended during the war, and in fact the new track was lifted and used for emergency purposes elsewhere.
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six-wheeled composite as a trailer, but it was unsuccessful and its last days were spent on the Great Central & North Stafford joint line in the mid-1930s.
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in lavish style, with the buildings in typical GWR designs. Greenford, Denham, Gerrard's Cross and Beaconsfield had passenger loops for the platforms.
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of a suburban passenger operation, the curvature and gradients of the Metropolitan line were unfavourable, and the GCR began to consider alternatives.
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bodily forward by more than twenty feet. Two temporary tracks were got open in seven days; the final cost of restoration was over £84,000.
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retained the Great Western Railway name. For the time being the London "Underground" network was not treated in this way, but in 1933 the
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mile direct link from further north on the GCR part of the new line to Banbury. A junction was to be made at
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and double the track. The contract for the line from Northolt to High Wycombe was valued at £580,000.
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The Railways of Great Britain -- A Historical Atlas
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Blackthorn; opened 1 July 1910; closed 8 June 1953;
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Saunderton looking south to the separate alignments
56:By the final decade of the nineteenth century, the
2911:, Ian Allan Publishing Limited, Shepperton, 2003,
2409:Ardley; opened 1 July 1910; closed 7 January 1963;
574:Jenkins makes clear the status of the Joint Line:
111:was the chairman of the MS&LR and also of the
3515:Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway
2581:, Locomotive Publishing Company Ltd, London, 1962
2534:The Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
637:Ashendon Junction to Grendon Underwood Junction:
591:The ownership of the completed construction was:
287:Great Western and Great Central Railways Act 1899
217:Great Western and Great Central Railways Act 1899
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2878:, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002
2311:Gerrards Cross; opened 2 April 1906; still open;
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529:An essential part of the GWR intentions was the
20:was a railway built and operated jointly by the
2891:, Wild Swan Publications Limited, Didcot, 1997
730:services ran to Paddington during the closure.
2757:Former Wycombe Railway formation at Saunderton
2317:Beaconsfield; opened 2 April 1906; still open;
105:Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
3038:Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
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714:World War I to nationalisation (1918 to 1948)
706:London area, sometimes hauling an ancient ex-
18:Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
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2770:M25: A Circular Tour of the London Orbital
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2889:Atlas of the Great Western Railway, 1947
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2654:Edwards, Dennis F.; Pigram, Ron (1982).
2602:Great Central Railway's London Extension
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2293:Denham; opened 2 April 1906; still open;
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2708:. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
794:transferred away from the route. The
654:Ashendon Junction to Aynho Junction:
171:The Metropolitan Railway had reached
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2688:History of the Great Western Railway
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2604:. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing.
2302:(M25 crossing); opened 2 April 1906;
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2744:. Vol. III. London: Ian Allan.
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2773:. Summersdale Publishers Limited.
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789:Under British Railways: from 1948
156:London, Chatham and Dover Railway
3043:Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
2658:. Tunbridge Wells: Midas Books.
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235:Parliament of the United Kingdom
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177:Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway
3589:British joint railway companies
2846:, Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1968,
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1151:Haddenham & Thame Parkway
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443:on the Reading main line and
3584:Railway lines opened in 1906
3169:Birkenhead Mollington Street
2532:Jenkins, Stanley C. (1978).
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3098:Standard 2-cylinder classes
3093:Power/weight classification
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338:The GCR would build a line
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3390:Chief Mechanical Engineers
3088:Numbering and class naming
2379:Grendon Underwood Junction
1937:South Harefield goods yard
599:Greenford to West Ealing:
406:line at a new junction at
210:United Kingdom legislation
194:Princes Risborough in 1961
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2704:Jackson, Alan A. (1986).
2686:MacDermot, E. T. (1931).
2600:Robotham, Robert (1990).
2536:. Usk: The Oakwood Press.
2338:; up line only; 88 yards;
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2579:Great Central: volume II
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570:Status of the Joint Line
451:Construction and opening
426:Channel Tunnel Rail Link
335:, to Northolt Junction.
310:The Joint Line: planning
3499:Pagoda platform shelter
3299:Cornish Riviera Express
2865:, pp. 318 and 319.
2208:Greenford East Junction
1567:White House Farm Tunnel
1102:Chearsley Viaduct over
134:) to a new terminus at
3489:Llanelli riots of 1911
3406:Bridgwater and Taunton
3285:Cheltenham Spa Express
3278:Cambrian Coast Express
2808:. Oxford Archaeology.
2801:Kelly, Alison (2009).
2767:Hamilton, Ray (2015).
1635:Seer Green and Jordans
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3564:Great Central Railway
3426:Stourbridge Extension
3224:Newport Ebbw Junction
3030:Constituent companies
3000:South Devon main line
2980:South Wales Main Line
2956:Great Western Railway
2844:Britain's Joint Lines
2306:Gerrards Cross Tunnel
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165:Great Central Railway
132:Finchley Road station
103:At the same time the
58:Great Western Railway
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44:Before the Joint Line
26:Great Central Railway
22:Great Western Railway
2985:Reading–Taunton line
2740:Dow, George (1965).
2288:Denham West Junction
2282:Denham East Junction
1907:South Harefield Halt
1885:Uxbridge High Street
1855:Grand Junction Canal
862:now passes over the
677:Suburban development
517:The Bicester cut-off
463:and then curving to
168:from 1 August 1897.
113:Metropolitan Railway
3508:The Railway Station
3436:Stratford-upon-Avon
3048:West London Railway
2995:Bristol–Exeter line
834:Closure of branches
3323:Rolling stock
1289:Princes Risborough
876:Chiltern Main Line
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3369:Telegraphic codes
3187:St Philip's Marsh
3162:Westmoreland Road
3123:Steam rail motors
3023:Related companies
3005:Cornish Main Line
2367:Ashendon Junction
2354:Ashendon Junction
2336:Saunderton Tunnel
2321:Whitehouse Tunnel
2251:Northolt Junction
2220:Northolt Junction
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2117:London Marylebone
2075:Northolt Junction
1807:Denham goods yard
1045:Grendon Underwood
928:Great Western and
883:Chiltern Railways
673:Joint Committee.
378:Grendon Underwood
293:62 & 63 Vict.
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259:62 & 63 Vict.
223:Act of Parliament
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2263:Neasden Junction
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2819:20 September
2817:. Retrieved
2796:
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2784:. Retrieved
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2577:George Dow,
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2397:; 191 yards;
2395:Brill Tunnel
2394:
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1960:West Ruislip
1708:M25 motorway
1589:Beaconsfield
1537:
1508:High Wycombe
1438:West Wycombe
1255:
1039:
966:
888:
880:
872:
864:M25 motorway
846:was closed.
841:
837:
828:
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778:World War II
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752:World War II
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487:Wembley Hill
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272:Royal assent
197:
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152:Baker Street
145:
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90:High Wycombe
83:
55:
34:
30:
17:
15:
3177:Barton Hill
3103:Oil burning
3076:Broad gauge
3059:Locomotives
2963:Main routes
2887:R A Cooke,
2874:M E Quick,
1831:River Colne
1257:Wycombe Rly
1104:River Thame
1079:Ashendon Jn
821:The former
720:World War I
668:miles; GWR.
631:miles; GCR;
613:miles; GWR
587:companies).
465:West Ealing
127:, in 1893.
3558:Categories
3503:Paintings
3364:Containers
3249:Shrewsbury
3219:Gloucester
2990:West Wales
2863:Dow (1965)
2464:References
2258:Joint Line
1983:A4180 road
1543:Maidenhead
1461:A4128 road
1415:A4010 road
1392:Saunderton
1219:Ilmer Halt
1196:A4129 road
894:Topography
844:Bourne End
798:, a prime
764:Birkenhead
760:Birmingham
461:Park Royal
433:Saunderton
325:Paddington
243:Long title
86:Maidenhead
67:Birmingham
24:(GWR) and
3462:Gauge War
3457:Accidents
3335:Autocoach
3182:Bath Road
2970:Main line
1754:A412 road
1680:A413 road
1612:A355 road
1485:A404 road
1265:Aylesbury
1173:Haddenham
1128:A418 road
800:Sheffield
445:Greenford
428:of 2003.
173:Aylesbury
121:Mansfield
32:traffic.
3480:Coleford
3471:Museums
3385:Chairmen
3234:Penzance
3193:Cardiff
3173:Bristol
3071:Absorbed
2810:Archived
1043:line to
971:Bicester
866:via the
771:Uxbridge
708:MS&L
431:Between
400:Ashendon
254:Citation
117:Annesley
3475:Swindon
3441:Swansea
3330:Coaches
3254:Tyseley
3244:Reading
3202:Cathays
3149:Swindon
3113:0-6-0PT
3108:0-4-0ST
2308:(2007);
1077:Former
975:Banbury
776:During
663:⁄
646:⁄
626:⁄
608:⁄
556:⁄
538:⁄
493:and at
480:⁄
419:⁄
404:Banbury
393:⁄
347:⁄
329:Reading
304:Sam Fay
261:c. cciv
154:to the
140:Neasden
71:Chester
3431:Stover
3399:Canals
3378:People
3352:Siphon
3347:Wagons
3214:Exeter
3209:Didcot
3197:Canton
3118:0-6-2T
2915:
2895:
2850:
2777:
2712:
2662:
2608:
1777:Denham
1261:Oxford
939:Legend
718:After
441:Ealing
119:(near
79:Oxford
75:Didcot
63:London
3528:Ships
3450:Other
3158:Bath
3081:Names
2813:(PDF)
2806:(PDF)
2431:Notes
2192:1937;
1706:over
408:Aynho
333:Acton
266:Dates
123:) to
98:Thame
3357:Toad
2913:ISBN
2893:ISBN
2848:ISBN
2821:2018
2788:2018
2775:ISBN
2710:ISBN
2660:ISBN
2606:ISBN
1263:and
858:The
823:LNWR
762:and
163:the
96:and
77:and
69:and
16:The
2145:to
2143:GWR
2115:to
2113:GCR
1541:to
1259:to
1041:GCR
968:GWR
582:or
327:to
65:to
3560::
3543:•
2724:^
2696:^
2674:^
2620:^
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