Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line

Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line
Overview
Type	Rural branch line, Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Buckinghamshire South East England
Termini	Princes Risborough Aylesbury
Stations	2
Services	1
Operation
Opened	1863
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	Chiltern Railways
Rolling stock	Class 121 "Bubblecar" Class 165 "Networker Turbo" Class 168 "Clubman"
Technical
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Old gauge	7 ft (2,134 mm)

Legend

to Quainton Road

Aylesbury

London to Aylesbury Line

South Aylesbury Halt

B4009 road

Little Kimble

Monks Risborough

A4129 road

B4444 road

Chiltern Main Line to Banbury

Former Wycombe Railway to Oxford

Princes Risborough

Chiltern Main Line to High Wycombe

The Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line is a rural branch line from Princes Risborough to Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. The line is single track throughout with a maximum speed of 40 mph.^[1]

History

The line was built as a single track broad gauge branch of the Wycombe Railway in 1863. The branch became part of the Great Western Railway when the latter took over the Wycombe Railway in 1867. The GWR converted the line to standard gauge in 1870. The branch was incorporated into the newly formed Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway in 1906. Network SouthEast made the branch part of its Chiltern subdivision in the 1980s.

Traffic

Passenger services are now operated by Chiltern Railways. The line is regularly used by freight services operated by DB Cargo UK and Freightliner. The trains, referred to as "binliners", carry waste from London to a waste facility near the site of the former Great Central Railway station at Calvert. For this purpose, during Chiltern Railways' Evergreen 2 project the line was resignalled with two new signals at Little Kimble, one for each direction of travel. These allow two trains to travel in the same direction, thus allowing a passenger service to follow the freight train or vice versa.

Services

As of July 2013 only a minority of the hourly services each way is provided daily direct to/from London Marylebone.

As such its 1tph service generally requires a change at Princes Risbrough or Aylesbury to access other parts of the network.^[2]

References

↑ Route plan 16: Chilterns (2009) Network Rail.
↑ Association of Train Operating Companies - official timetable

External links

Route plan 16: Chilterns (2007) Network Rail.
Route plan 16: Chilterns (2008) Network Rail.
Route plan 16: Chilterns (2009) Network Rail.

Railway lines in the South East

Primary

International	High Speed 1 (Ashford • Ebbsfleet)

National	Great Western Main Line (Slough • Maidenhead • Reading • Didcot Parkway) West Coast Main Line (Watford Junction • Milton Keynes Central)

Secondary

Berks/Bucks/Oxon to London	Aylesbury Line Chiltern Main Line Waterloo to Reading Line (and in Surrey) Windsor & Eton Riverside Line (and in Surrey) Crossrail (under construction) (and past London to Essex)

Kent to London	Bexleyheath Line Chatham Main Line Dartford Loop Line Kent Coast Line Maidstone Line Medway Valley Line North Kent Line Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) Line Sheerness Line South Eastern Main Line Tonbridge Line (and in Surrey)

Surrey/Sussex/Hants to London	Ascot to Guildford Line Alton Line Arun Valley Line Brighton Main Line Caterham Line Fareham Line Hampton Court Branch Line Hastings Line (and in Kent) Chertsey Branch Line Epsom Downs Branch New Guildford Line Oxted Line (and in Kent) Portsmouth Direct Line Shepperton Branch Line South Western Main Line Sutton and Mole Valley Lines Tattenham Corner Line Thameslink (and past London to Beds/Herts) West of England Main Line

Others	Cherwell Valley Line Cotswold Line Eastleigh to Romsey Line East Coastway Line (inc Marshlink Line) Henley Branch Line Island Line Lymington Branch Line Marlow Branch Line Marston Vale Line North Downs Line Oxford to Bicester Line Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line Reading to Taunton Line West Coastway Line Wessex Main Line Slough to Windsor & Eton Line Reading to Basingstoke Line Seaford Branch Line

Heritage

Non-passenger/
Defunct

Transport in Buckinghamshire

Road

Motorways	M1 M4 M25 M40

A-Roads	A4 A40 A41 A404 A412 A413 A418 A421 A422 A428 A4010 A4012 A4146 A4155 A5 A508 A509 A5130

Roman roads	Akeman Street Watling Street

Notable Junctions	Handy Cross roundabout Denham Roundabout Magic Roundabout (High Wycombe)

Motorway service stations	Beaconsfield Newport Pagnell

Rail

Main lines	West Coast Main Line Chiltern Main Line Great Western Main Line

Other lines	Marston Vale Line London to Aylesbury Line Metropolitan line Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line Marlow Branch Line

Closed lines	Varsity Line Great Central Main Line Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line Brill Tramway Wycombe Railway Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Cheddington to Aylesbury Line Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line Bedford to Northampton Line

Other	Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway East West Rail Link Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Seer Green rail crash List of railway stations

Air

Waterways

Rivers	River Thames River Great Ouse

Canals	Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway (under construction) Grand Union Canal Branches: Slough Arm Wendover Arm Aylesbury Arm

Footpaths

National Trails	Thames Path The Ridgeway

Long-distance footpaths	Icknield Way (path) Chiltern Way Greater Ridgeway Midshires Way Ouse Valley Way Shakespeare's Way Swan's Way

Cycle Paths

Transport in Milton Keynes

Road	Milton Keynes grid road system A421 A422 A4146 A5 A509 A5130 H6 Childs Way H10 Bletcham Way V6 Grafton Street V8 Marlborough Street

Rail	Bletchley railway station Bletchley TMD Bow Brickhill railway station East West Rail Link Fenny Stratford railway station Marston Vale Line Milton Keynes Central railway station Varsity Line West Coast Main Line Woburn Sands railway station Wolverton railway station Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line

Bus	Buses in Milton Keynes Arriva Shires & Essex Milton Keynes Coachway MK Metro Stagecoach in Northants United Counties Omnibus

Water	Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway (under construction) Cosgrove aqueduct Grand Union Canal

Other transport	Milton Keynes redway system Watling Street Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway

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