Ilmer Halt railway station

Ilmer Halt
Location
Place	Ilmer
Area	District of Wycombe
Grid reference	SP760057
Operations
Original company	Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
Post-grouping	GW & GC Joint
Platforms	2
History
1 April 1929	Station opened
7 January 1963	Station closed
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Ilmer Halt railway station was a former halt on the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway serving the village of Ilmer in Buckinghamshire.

History

The Great Western & Great Central Joint Committee was created on 1 August 1899 with the dual objective of providing the Great Central Railway with a second route into London, bypassing the Metropolitan Railway; and of providing the Great Western Railway with a shorter route to the Midlands.^[1][2] The line ran from Northolt Junction to Ashendon Junction; the central section of its route was an existing GWR line. North of Princes Risborough a new line was constructed, which opened for goods on 20 November 1905, and for passengers on 2 April 1906.^[3][4]

The station was closed in 1963.^[5] The halt was demolished and little remains.

Route

Notes

1. MacDermot, p.416
2. Jenkins, pp.8-9
3. Jenkins, p.11
4. Mitchell & Smith, Historical Background
5. Mitchell & Smith, fig. 31

References

• Jenkins, Stanley C. (1978). The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Blandford: Oakwood Press.
• MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. II (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (September 2002). Princes Risborough to Banbury. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-85-0.

External links

• The station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Pictures of the line today including Ilmer Halt

Coordinates: 51°44′41″N 0°53′06″W / 51.7448°N 0.8849°W