"James" wrote in message
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Heathrow's probably out, but a Birmingham - Maidenhead service would
sure be useful. Perhaps combined with a second runway at BHX it could
attract people away from Heathrow. I've never managed to spot the
point where the Bourne End line branches off SE of High Wycombe
station. It hasn't been built over has it?

The line used to run from the station towards Beaconsfield on the right hand
side of the formation, dropping away steadily before it finally turned away
towards Loudwater and Wooburn. A stub of the formation is still used as a
tamper siding. Just as the line started to turn away there is a new
development of flats that has been constructed across the trackbed and the
original alignment becomes difficult to see from the train.