Railway line near Woodlands Farm

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Railway line near Woodlands Farm

Image: © Andy Gryce Taken: 25 Mar 2007

This railway line was once part of the Great Central Railway, which when it opened in 1899 was the last main line double track railway to be built. The line ran between Sheffield, Nottingham and London Marylebone. Much of the line was closed in 1966, but this single track stretch between Quainton Road and Claydon Junction remains. It is used by freight trains from London, four a day each way, carrying containerised household waste to the landfill site at Calvert just before Claydon Junction. This view looking north-west is towards the junction about 5km away.

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