Talk:Cheddington to Aylesbury Line

corrections

This is my solution to being unable to edit or 'talk' in the related 'Cheddington to Aylesbury Line' Wikipedia page. So that misconception propogation is at least reduced to a minimum I want it known that all but the second sentence in this statement from that page are quite mistaken: 'The main reason for the closure of the line was mainly due to competition from the other 3 railway companies (LNER, GWR, MR) operating from Aylesbury Town station. These three train companies all operated trains to London while the LNWR could not as the line went north towards Cheddington instead of south towards London. Until the late 19th century, the line was heavily used for the transportation of the famous Aylesbury duck from Aylesbury to London markets. After 1900, the trade had died out in Aylesbury due to various reasons.' There were, in my view, three main contributing factors to the closing of the line at that particular time, none are touched on in the 'Cheddington to Aylesbury Line' (or the present) Wikipedia entry. I hope someone more computer-able and Wiki-wise than I is able to remedy this. Thank you Tony Newman (talk) 20:35, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Copied here as more relevant by Britmax (talk) 20:46, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Tony; what are the real reasons? Afterbrunel (talk) 14:05, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

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Counting level crossings

Isn't this the kind of thing that makes Wikipedia a bit of a laughing stock? The text at present reads

The line had one intermediate station at Marston Gate and four level crossings – one at Park Street, one at Broughton and one at Marston Gate.

I'll see if I can do something with that. Afterbrunel (talk) 14:08, 1 July 2019 (UTC)