Denham railway station

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General information
Location	District of South Bucks
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DNM
History
Opened	2 April 1906

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.

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.

The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Rail to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974.^[1]

The signal box and the through roads have been removed, the through roads being taken up in December 1965, with all services using the platform roads, although these have improved track alignments to allow fast running. The former goods yard is now the station car park.

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		Following station
Denham Golf Club		Chiltern Railways London-Birmingham	West Ruislip
Preceding station		Historical railways	Following station
Denham Golf Club Line and station open		Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway	South Harefield Halt Line open, station closed
Preceding station		Disused railways	Following station
Terminus		Great Western Railway Uxbridge High Street branch	Uxbridge High Street Line and station closed
	Abandoned Plans
	Proposed Denham Extension
Preceding station		London Underground	Following station
Terminus		Template:LUL lines	Template:LUL stations toward Template:LUL stations

Cultural Use

In New Tricks series 9 episode "Queen and Country" Denham station was the location used for an unspecified station in Exeter.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Slater, J.N., ed. (May 1974). "Notes and News: Transfer of Marylebone-Banbury services". Railway Magazine. 120 (877). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd: 248. ISSN 0033-8923.

External links

Train times and station information for Denham railway station from National Rail
www.railwayarchive.org.uk

51°34′44″N 0°29′49″W / 51.579°N 0.497°W / 51.579; -0.497

[1] Slater, J.N., ed. (May 1974). "Notes and News: Transfer of Marylebone-Banbury services". Railway Magazine. 120 (877). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd: 248. ISSN 0033-8923.

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Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line	Monks Risborough Little Kimble
Oxford–Bicester line (and Cherwell line)	Bicester Village Islip Oxford Parkway Oxford Heyford Tackley
Leamington–Stratford line	Claverdon Bearley Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Stratford-upon-Avon
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Great Western Main Line	Iver Taplow
London–Aylesbury line	Amersham Aylesbury Aylesbury Vale Parkway Chalfont & Latimer Great Missenden Stoke Mandeville Wendover
Marlow branch line	Bourne End Marlow
Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line	Aylesbury Little Kimble Monks Risborough Princes Risborough
Marston Vale line	Bletchley Bow Brickhill Fenny Stratford Woburn Sands
Metropolitan line	Amersham Chalfont & Latimer Chesham
Heritage railway	Quainton Road