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Towersey Halt railway station
Towersey Halt railway station was an intermediate station on the Wycombe Railway which served the Oxfordshire village of Towersey from 1933 to 1963. The opening of the halt was part of an attempt by the Great Western Railway to encourage more passengers on the line at a time when competition from bus services was drawing away patronage. The possibility of reopening the line through Towersey Halt, which is now part of a long-distance footpath, has been explored by Chiltern Railways, the franchise holder for the Chiltern Main Line which runs through .
==History==
Parliamentary authorisation for the extension of the Wycombe Railway's single track line beyond to was given on 28 June 1861.〔Oppitz, 2000, pages 16-17〕 was reached by 31 July 1862, and a regular service from via began the next day.〔Potts, 2004, page 45〕 By 1933, passenger numbers were dropping as a result of increased bus competition which led the Great Western Railway to introduce railmotors as an economy measure between Princes Risborough and Thame.〔Oppitz, 2000, page 18〕 A wooden halt was also opened to the south of the small village of Towersey on the up side of an embankment on the western side of a level crossing spanning the Thame - Towersey - Chinnor road.〔Simpson, 2001, page 85〕 No more than long, the halt was supervised by the station master at Thame.〔Potts, 2004, page 110〕 As with similar GWR structures, Towersey Halt had very basic facilities: a small wooden pagoda-style passenger waiting shelter, two oil lamps and a running in board showing the station's name on both sides.〔Mitchell and Smith, 2003, plates 64 and 65〕 To the east of the halt, Penn Farm had its own siding from the line's opening until 1939.〔Mitchell and Smith, 2003, plate XVI〕
On the basis of an estimated saving of £34,372, passenger services were withdrawn between Oxford and Princes Risborough from January 1963. However, the track remained in use down to handle oil trains serving the BP depot at Thame. The depot finally closed in October 1991 and the track was dismantled.
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