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Old April 17th 16, 04:18 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Nick Leverton Nick Leverton is offline
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Default The Bletchley Fly-over

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Robin9 wrote:
'Clive D. W. Feather[_2_ Wrote:
What bridge? The only bridge on the Met. was demolished many years ago.

Or do you mean the one on the line from Milton Keynes about half a mile
east of Verney Junction?


I'm not certain - which is why I inserted "I guess" - but having
looked at the Ian Allan Pre-grouping Atlas, the line coming in
from Aylesbury and Quainton Road seems most likely. (The A-Z
of Buckinghamshire is totally uninformative on this point)

I was driving from Winslow along Verney Road. A railway
embankment came in on my right. Shortly before Verney
Junction the road goes under an old railway bridge. Now,
assuming the railway to my right is the trackbed of the old
route from Winslow and Bletchley, the bridge brought in the
line from Quainton Road. What I need is a 1930s Ordnance
Survey map of the area!


Your wish is my command.
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom...310&layers=172

Slide the slider to overlay maps and aerial view.
Other map scales and dates are available.

Nick
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