Constructing Akeman Street Station, Buckinghamshire

Photograph taken 1905 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: bb98/02306

The line between Grendon Underwood and Princes Risborough was authorised in 1899 and opened in 1906. This picture from 1905 shows the work in progress on the station which was one of two small halts on the line between Ashendon and Grendon Underwood, the other was Wotton.

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Buckinghamshire Akeman Street

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Edwardian (1902 - 1913)

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Several steam trains standing at the station platforms, with the Victorian station buildings in the background.Slough Station booking hall, booking office and travel centre were built in 1882. The Great Western Railway from London to Bristol was built in the 1830s and the first Slough Station opened in 1840. The present station is the fifth one and was built when the number of lines was increased.

Constructing Akeman Street Station, Buckinghamshire

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