Date: 18/08/2018

A new interchange on a heritage rail line has opened in Princes Risborough, allowing passengers to take a steam train from Chinnor and then board a 21st century train into London. The Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway is now the nearest mainline connected heritage railway to London. The work was funded by a £75,000 government grant, a private benefactor, and donations made over 25 years. The line last offered a passenger service in August 1957.

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New steam rail interchange opens

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It means passengers can take a steam train before boarding a 21st century train into London.

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Ex-GWR Hall class 4-6-0 no 6911 Holker Hall is about to restart from Princes Risborough on 28 August 1964 with a stopping train for Banbury.
Location: Princes Risborough
Company: Princes Risborough, Thame and Oxford Extension and Aylesbury Extension (Wycombe Railway)
28/08/1964 John Robin

Class 121 55020/121020 draws admiring glances from a young observer in a prime position as it waits in the bay platform at Princes Risborough.
Location: Princes Risborough
Company: Princes Risborough, Thame and Oxford Extension and Aylesbury Extension (Wycombe Railway)
16/08/2014 Malcolm Chattwood

The only remaining Class 17 Clayton, no D8568, looking in pristine condition, bringing a train into Chinnor Station on the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway on 5 June 2011.
Location: Chinnor
Company: Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway
05/06/2011 John McIntyre