Furze Platt station - formerly Furze Platt Halt
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Furze Platt station - formerly Furze Platt Halt
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 1 Jun 2014
Weeds grow between the sleepers, and a cat takes a stroll along a rail-top. During the course of the 1960's British Railways closed hundreds of stations (and many branch lines) deemed to be unprofitable. How on earth - you have to wonder - did a station with a name like Furze Platt Halt ever escape Dr Beeching's axe? The line was first opened in 1854, and was always single-track. It leaves the GWR main line at Maidenhead and originally ran as far as High Wycombe, via Cookham and Bourne End. The stop at Furze Platt was not added until 1937, to cater for the suburban expansion of Maidenhead. The northernmost stretch of the line, serving High Wycombe, was closed in 1970 - so that the line now runs as far as Bourne End, with a spur to Marlow. There has only ever been one platform at Furze Platt, so I was amused by an announcement which began: 'The train approaching Platform One . . .'
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Image Location
Latitude
51.533073
Longitude
-0.728529
