Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway | |
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![]() Pannier Tank at Chinnor Station. 5700 class Pannier tank 9682 waits while passengers board at Chinnor Station on the preserved Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway | |
Locale | Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England |
Terminus | Chinnor and Princes Risborough |
Connections | Chiltern Main Line at Princes Risborough |
Commercial operations | |
Name | Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Company |
Original gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Preserved operations | |
Operated by | Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway |
Stations | 2 |
Length | 4 miles (6.4 km) |
Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Commercial history | |
Opened | 15 August 1872 |
Closed | 1 July 1957 (passenger) 20 Dec 1989 (goods) |
Preservation history | |
August 1989 | C&PRR formed |
26 July 1994 | Transport and Works Order active |
20 August 1994 | First public service |
1996 | Extended to Thame Junction |
July 2016 | First train into Princes Risborough |
March 2017 | Lease Agreement signed with Network Rail for Princes Risborough Platform 4 |
August 2018 | Opening of rebuilt Platform 4 |
Headquarters | Chinnor |
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The Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway with its headquarters and main station at Chinnor in South Oxfordshire, England. It runs along the foot of the Chilterns escarpment. Although a little distance away, it has since[when?] been given the nickname 'The Icknield Line' for its connection to the Lower Icknield Way.