Haddenham & Thame Parkway railway station

Haddenham & Thame Parkway railway station is a station in Buckinghamshire serving the village of Haddenham and town of Thame in the neighbouring county of Oxfordshire, England. The station is on the western edge of Haddenham, about 2 miles (3 km) north east of Thame, and is served by Chiltern Railways.

Not to be confused with Haddenham railway station in Cambridgeshire.

Haddenham & Thame Parkway
The station, looking north west before the renovations in 2015
Location
PlaceHaddenham
Local authorityBuckinghamshire
Grid referenceSP730085
Operations
Station codeHDM
Managed byChiltern Railways
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.763 million
2015/16 0.804 million
2016/17 0.849 million
2017/18 0.906 million
2018/19 0.961 million
History
Key datesOpened 5 October 1987 (5 October 1987)
Original companyBritish Rail, Western Region
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Haddenham & Thame Parkway from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History and general information

There used to be a Haddenham railway station at the village and a Thame railway station on the Princes Risborough to Oxford line, but British Railways closed both stations in 1963. The old Haddenham station was on a different site about 0.5 miles (800 m) south-east of the present one, and traces can still be seen where a bridge carries Station Road over the line.[1]

The current station was opened on 5 October 1987[2] to serve Haddenham and Thame.[3] The British Rail station was built on the north side of Thame Road, Haddenham, and was originally single platform, with the platform sited on the former down line, long since removed. However, in 1998 as part of "Project Evergreen", Chiltern Railways re-doubled the Princes Risborough – Bicester line and re-modelled the platforms so that from 24 May 1998, there are now two, one on either line.[4] Since then the platforms have also been lengthened and the station building has been expanded to include a coffee shop following the removal of the newsagents based in a temporary building.

In recent years passenger traffic at Haddenham and Thame has grown rapidly. In the eight years 2003–11 the number of passengers using the station increased by 53%.[5]

Renovations

In 2014/15, major renovations took place. A larger ticket hall was built and some platforms were extended. The plans were funded by Chiltern Railways, Network Rail, Buckinghamshire County Council and Sustrans.

Train services

The Monday - Friday off-peak service consists of:

  • 2 trains per hour to London Marylebone
  • 1 train per hour to Oxford
  • 1 train per hour to Banbury

Additional services run in peak hours, and other timetabled services run at weekends.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bicester North   Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Main Line		   Princes Risborough
Bicester Village   Chiltern Railways
London Marylebone – Oxford		   Princes Risborough

Bus services

This service operates daily, at a frequency of up to every 20 minutes and is branded as Sapphire, the service is operated by Arriva Shires & Essex.[6]

These services operate irregularly and are operated by Z&S International and Red Rose Travel.

  • 111 (Aylesbury - Haddenham - Thame - Long Crendon - Oakley)
  • 112 (Aylesbury - Haddenham - Thame - Waddesdon)
  • 270 (Haddenham - Thame - Oxford)

Notes
  1. Mitchell & Smith 2002, fig. 31
  2. Butt 1995, p. 111
  3. Mitchell & Smith 2002, fig. 32
  4. Mitchell & Smith 2002, figs. 32–34
  5. Office of the Rail Regulator data: see infobox at head of article.
  6. http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/serviceInformation.aspx?id=20772&r=UK

References
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Mitchell, Victor E.; Smith, Keith (2002). Princes Risborough to Banbury. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-85-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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