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Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line
Little Kimble railway station, a typical rural village halt on this single track line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Buckinghamshire South East England
Termini	Princes Risborough Aylesbury
Stations	2
Service
Type	Rural branch line, Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Services	1
Operator(s)	Chiltern Railways
Rolling stock	Class 165 "Networker Turbo" Class 168 "Clubman" Class 172/1 "Turbostar"
History
Opened	1863
Technical
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Old gauge	7 ft (2,134 mm)
Route map (Click to expand)

v t e Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line
Legend
to Aylesbury Vale Parkway Aylesbury London–Aylesbury line South Aylesbury Halt B4009 road Little Kimble Monks Risborough A4129 road B4444 road Chiltern Main Line to Banbury Former Wycombe Railway to Oxford Princes Risborough Chiltern Main Line to High Wycombe

The Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line is a rural branch line between Princes Risborough and Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. The line is single track throughout with a maximum speed of 40 mph (64 km/h).

History

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The line was built as a single track broad gauge branch of the Wycombe Railway in 1863. The branch became part of the Great Western Railway when the latter took over the Wycombe Railway in 1867. The GWR converted the line to standard gauge in 1870. The branch was incorporated into the newly formed Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway in 1906. Network SouthEast made the branch part of its Chiltern subdivision in the 1980s.

Traffic

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Passenger services are now operated by Chiltern Railways. The line is regularly used by freight services operated by DB Cargo UK and Freightliner. The trains, referred to as "binliners", carry waste from London to a waste facility near the site of the former Great Central Railway station at Calvert. For this purpose, during Chiltern Railways' Evergreen 2 project the line was resignalled with two new signals at Little Kimble, one for each direction of travel. These allow two trains to travel in the same direction, thus allowing a passenger service to follow the freight train or vice versa.

Services

The current timetable, produced for December 2019, offers one passenger service per hour in each direction, with services outside the weekday morning and evening peaks operating directly between Aylesbury and London Marylebone. In peak periods a shuttle service operates between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough, with a change onto connecting services needed at Princes Risborough for onward travel towards London. Not all services stop at Little Kimble.

References

1. Route plan 16: Chilterns Archived 2016-01-17 at the Wayback Machine (2009) Network Rail.
2. ^ "Download our timetable | Chiltern Railways". www.chilternrailways.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

External links

• Route plan 16: Chilterns (2007) Network Rail.
• Route plan 16: Chilterns (2008) Network Rail.
• Route plan 16: Chilterns (2009) Network Rail.

v t e Railway lines in South East England
Primary	International High Speed 1 National Great Western Main Line West Coast Main Line Chiltern Main Line
Secondary	Berks/Bucks/Oxon to London Elizabeth line Aylesbury line Waterloo–Reading line (and in Surrey) Windsor & Eton Riverside line (and in Surrey) Kent to London Bexleyheath line Chatham Main Line Dartford Loop Line Kent Coast line Maidstone line Medway Valley line North Kent line Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line Sheerness line South Eastern Main Line Redhill–Tonbridge line (and in Surrey) Surrey/Sussex/Hants to London Alton line Arun Valley line Brighton Main Line Caterham line Eastleigh–Fareham line Hampton Court branch line Hastings line (and in Kent) Chertsey branch line Epsom Downs Branch New Guildford line Oxted line (and in Kent) Portsmouth Direct line Shepperton branch line South West Main Line Sutton and Mole Valley lines Tattenham Corner line West of England line Others Ascot–Guildford line Cherwell Valley line Cotswold Line Eastleigh–Romsey line East Coastway line (inc Marshlink line) Henley branch line Island line Lymington branch line Marlow branch line Marston Vale line North Downs Line Oxford–Bicester line Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line Reading–Taunton line West Coastway line Wessex Main Line Slough–Windsor & Eton line Reading–Basingstoke line Seaford branch line
Non-passenger	Fawley branch line Hundred of Hoo Railway Staines-West Drayton line Varsity line
Heritage	Bluebell Railway Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Cholsey & Wallingford Railway East Kent Railway Isle of Wight Steam Railway Kent & East Sussex Railway Lavender Line Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Spa Valley Railway Watercress Line

v t e Transport in Buckinghamshire
Road	Motorways M1 M4 M25 M40 A-roads A4 A40 A41 A404 A412 A413 A418 A421 A422 A428 A4010 A4012 A4146 A4155 A5 A508 A509 A5130 Roman roads Akeman Street Watling Street Notable junctions Handy Cross roundabout Denham Roundabout Magic Roundabout (High Wycombe) Motorway service stations Beaconsfield Newport Pagnell
Rail	Main lines West Coast Main Line Chiltern Main Line Great Western Main Line Other lines Marston Vale line London–Aylesbury line Metropolitan line Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line Marlow branch line Closed lines Varsity Line Great Central Main Line Banbury to Verney Junction branch line Brill Tramway Wycombe Railway Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Cheddington to Aylesbury Line Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line Bedford–Northampton line Other Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway East West Rail Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Seer Green rail crash
Air	Denham Aerodrome Turweston Aerodrome Silverstone Heliport Wycombe Air Park
Waterways	Rivers River Thames River Great Ouse Canals Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway (planned) Grand Union Canal Slough Arm Wendover Arm Aylesbury Arm
Footpaths	National Trails Thames Path The Ridgeway Long-distance footpaths Icknield Way (path) Chiltern Way Greater Ridgeway Midshires Way Ouse Valley Way Shakespeare's Way Swan's Way
Cycle paths	Route 4 Route 6 Route 51 Route 57
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• Rail transport in Buckinghamshire
• Railway lines opened in 1863
• Railway lines in South East England