Denham railway station
Denham  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Denham |
| Local authority | South Bucks |
| Grid reference | TQ042877 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DNM |
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2002/03 | 0.218 million |
| 2004/05 |
 0.242 million |
| 2005/06 |
0.269 million |
| 2006/07 |
 0.239 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.260 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.270 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.287 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.292 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.290 million |
| History | |
| Opened 1906 | |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Denham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Denham railway station is a railway station between the villages of Denham and Denham Green 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 as 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, and all services use 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, 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
Monday to Saturday daytime there is a half-hourly service southbound to Marylebone and northbound to High Wycombe with an hourly service in each direction evenings and Sundays.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
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 |
Following station | ||
| Terminus | Central line | |||
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]
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
- ↑ 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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Denham railway station. |
- 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