Marlow Railway Station (Marlow)

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Unmanned railway station on branch line off main line to/from Paddington, London, need to change at Maidenhead after stopping at Bourne End, Cookham and Furze Platt. The branch line to Maidenhead is called The Marlow Donkey. Managed by First Great Western.
www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/mlw/details.html
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/489012
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlow_railway_station
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Coordinates:   51°34'15"N   -0°45'56"E

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  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlow_railway_station: Marlow railway station serves the town of Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. It is the terminus of a single-track branch line leaving the main Great Western Line at Maidenhead railway station. It is known locally as the Marlow Donkey, after the original locomotive based at Marlow station. North of Bourne End the line formerly connected to the main line through High Wycombe but when this service was cut the branch to Marlow was retained causing direct services between Marlow and Maidenhead to reverse at Bourne End. Historically the line was never intended to be a branch but was planned to extend westwards to Henley-on-Thames; however this never proved attractive enough to raise any finance.
  • Trains used to go to High Wycombe and beyond until the line from Bourne End to High Wycombe via Wooburn Green and Loudwater was closed in the 1960's.
  • The line was supposed to continue on to Henley on Thames - now that would have been useful.
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