Denham railway station
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Denham  | |
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| Location | Denham, Buckinghamshire England |
| Grid reference | TQ042877 |
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | DNM |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Opened | 2 April 1906 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.315 million |
| 2016/17 |  0.307 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.322 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.308 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.286 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Denham railway station is a railway station in the village of Denham in Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the Chiltern Main Line between West Ruislip and Denham Golf Club.
History[]
The station was built just north of Denham village as part of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway. Its original name was Denham — Junction for Uxbridge as it was a stop on the shuttle service between Gerrards Cross and Uxbridge High Street; the latter station has long been closed and demolished, and the branch line to it dismantled.
The original station layout had four roads: two for non-stop trains, and two with platforms for stopping services. There was a small goods yard north of the line, and a signal box at the London end of the "down" platform. The two through roads have been removed, being taken up in December 1965, with all services using the platform roads and has since had improved track alignments to allow fast running trains. The signal box closed on 15 June 1975. The former goods yard is now the station car park.[1][2]
The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Rail to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974.[3]
Abandoned Central line Extension[]
Under the London Passenger Transport Board's 1935-40 New Works Programme, Denham was to have been the terminus of the Central line's westward extension, with Central line platforms south of those on the main line. Work on the extension was postponed in World War II. The introduction of the Metropolitan Green Belt limited the expansion of the London urban area and the extension was cut back to West Ruislip. No visible signs of the extension works remain at Denham.
Development[]
The station was built with a pedestrian underpass linking the platforms, but this was inaccessible to people with impaired mobility. Further, the embankment supporting the "down" (westbound) platform and buildings was subsiding,[when?] so the "down" platform has been relocated as an island north of the "down" road, in the gap left by the removal of the original through roads, and to provide a footbridge and lifts, similar to those at Gerrards Cross, for disabled access. The new "down" platform was opened for use in late July 2008, and the original "down" platform and buildings have been removed.
A proposed second phase, providing a third reversible track between the rear of the new platform and the existing "up" (eastbound) platform road, would improve operational flexibility by allowing stopping services to be passed by following non-stop trains.[citation needed]
Services[]
The typical Monday - Friday off-peak service consists of:
- 1 train per hour to London Marylebone
- 1 train per hour to Gerrards Cross
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Denham Golf Club | Chiltern Railways London-Birmingham |
West Ruislip | ||
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
Line and station open | Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway | South Harefield Halt Line open, station closed |
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
| Terminus | Great Western Railway Uxbridge High Street branch | Line and station closed |
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| Abandoned Plans | ||||
| Proposed Denham Extension | ||||
| Preceding station |  London Underground
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Following station | ||
| Terminus | Central line | |||
Cultural Use[]
Denham Station served as "New Milton station" in the 1949 British comedy, The Chiltern Hundreds (film), starring Cecil Parker and David Tomlinson.
In New Tricks series 9 episode "Queen and Country" Denham station was the location used for an unspecified station in Exeter.[citation needed]
In The Good Life series 2 episode 6 "Home Sweet Home" the Goods are dropped off by Mr May outside the main building at Denham station after viewing a smallholding.
See also[]
- Harefield Road tube station - a station between Denham and West Ruislip that would have been built if the Central line extension to Denham had been built.
- Acton-Northolt Line
References[]
- ^ Maggs, Colin.G, ed. (2009). The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire. Stroud, Gloucester: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781848683426.
- ^ "Railway Codes".
- ^ Slater, J.N., ed. (May 1974). "Notes and News: Transfer of Marylebone-Banbury services". Railway Magazine. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. 120 (877): 248. ISSN 0033-8923.
External links[]
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- Train times and station information for Denham railway station from National Rail
- www.railwayarchive.org.uk
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Coordinates: 51°34′44″N 0°29′49″W / 51.579°N 0.497°W
- Railway stations in Buckinghamshire
- Former Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906
- Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways
- Proposed London Underground stations
- Unbuilt London Underground stations
- Denham, Buckinghamshire