REALLY SideTracked - West Wycombe Traditional Cache
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REALLY SideTracked - West Wycombe
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Another in the once "Old Sidetracked" series (now REALLY SideTracked) now renamed to follow the new guidelines at http://www.sidetrackedseries.info. West Wycombe railway station served the village of West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire on the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway. Situated about half a mile west of the village the station opened in 1906 and closed in 1958.
This cache is located on a path that leads to a footbridge crossing what is now the Chiltern Railway's Marylebone - Birmingham Main line. The station was located where the retail units and coach parking area are today.
The Wycombe Railway had reached High Wycombe (then known simply as Wycombe) on 1 August 1854; on 1 August 1862, it was extended to Thame. In 1898 the GCR's London Extension was in the final stages of construction, ready for its opening in March 1899. The London Extension had been designed to meet up with the Metropolitan Railway (MetR) tracks at Quainton Road north west of Aylesbury. The line between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough was upgraded, doubled and transferred to the new Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway, the improved line coming into use on 2 April 1906. A junction was formed from the GCR tracks at Greatmoor a little to the east of Grendon Underwood and the link to Princes Risborough completed. At the southern end, another new line was built from High Wycombe via Beaconsfield, Gerrards Cross, Denham and Ruislip to Northolt Junction where the line divided: the northern path was the GCR's link to Neasden, and southern path led on to the GWR's mainline via Greenford. Passenger services were withdrawn from West Wycombe on 3 November 1958.
The line remains active.
You are looking for a small clip lock box in a camo bag. Please resite this carefully as this cache has been muggled once already.
First to Find goes to Burton's are go! (And special mention to will and dan for their FTF on the new location!)
Additional Hints
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Onpx bs srapr oruvaq vil nobhg 6" hc sebz sybbe.