Dave Arquati wrote:

Paul Weaver wrote:

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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More pie-in-the-sky, but if such a service were run from Wycombe to
Maidenhead instead of London (relaying the Wycombe - Bourne End line),


Few houses in the way now I think. Why was this line shut? Aside from
making Berks-Bucks PT journeys impossible, it makes Bourne End station
weird.

According to "History of the Chiltern Line" by John Healy, traffic had
been in decline on the Wycombe - Maidenhead line since the early 60's,
so they introduced DMUs working a reduced Maidenhead - Aylesbury service
and reduced the intermediate stations (Wooburn Green and Loudwater) to
halts. Things didn't improve, so (unusually) BR gave the line another
chance by running a shortened Wycombe - Maidenhead service; it didn't
make much difference, so the Bourne End - Wycombe line was closed on 4th
May 1970 (without consultation) and lifted quickly.


According to a friend of mine who lived in the area at the time there was a
significant retiming of services to ensure that people cound not get
connections to Padd starting from Wycombe without missing their normal work
start times.

Surprise-suprise they started using other routes.