Talk:Wolverton railway station

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Concrete Cowboy or any other wiki caretaker of this site, there is already a Wolverton Works wiki entry and this section is superfluous, could be replaced by a link. Please consider.

Nevertheless a reference to works with a link might be a good idea???Chevin 16:49, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's what "could be replaced by a link" means.

History[edit]

Didn't trains once stop at this station for meals?--Grahame (talk) 09:40, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stations serving MK[edit]

Woburn Sands also serves Milton Keynes because it's in Milton Keynes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 (talk) 12:42, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Woburn Sands railway station is in the borough of Milton Keynes; but it's not in the urban area - it's in a separate town. By contrast, Bletchley railway station, Bow Brickhill railway station, Fenny Stratford railway station and Wolverton railway station are all within the urban area (although close to the edges). --Redrose64 (talk) 14:06, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

@Redrose64: a blast from the past. The Office of National Statistics said otherwise for the 2011 census,^[1] but not the 2001 census. So verifiable but not true on 9 June 2011. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 17:34, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ See map at UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Milton Keynes built-up area (E34005056)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

Date of deviation dubious?[edit]

The MKHA citation in the article claims that the bend was added in 1881, but the OS map of 1885 surveyed 1881 shows that the line and station haven't moved (though there is a hint of the new route, which maybe means that works were already under way). Could the snapshot have been that (un)lucky? ^[1] The MKHA ref is dead so I am about to search for it on archive.is. Is there a better source anywhere in any case? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 17:34, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Butt (1995) has 1 August 1881 as the date of opening of the new station on the deviation. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:08, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Redrose64:, great, thank you. Sorry to bother you again but do you have a page number handy? (It is not available as a google books preview. I have searched for another citation of it but without success). Thanks. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 11:19, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Page 253. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 12:00, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Ordnance Survey (1885). "Buckinghamshire IX (includes: Castlethorpe; Cosgrove; Old Stratford; Wolverton.)" (Map). OS Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952. 1:10,560. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

[MKBUA-1] See map at UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Milton Keynes built-up area (E34005056)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[2] Ordnance Survey (1885). "Buckinghamshire IX (includes: Castlethorpe; Cosgrove; Old Stratford; Wolverton.)" (Map). OS Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952. 1:10,560. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

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