The final blow in the brutality of progress and ‘modern’ times. The GCR means a lot to me. Until age 16 I lived very close to the joint met line to Amersham / Aylesbury and went to college and subsequently lived in High Wycombe which was GC proper.
Gone, but recorded for posterity as the extra capacity of our new Spine Railway continues to be developed. Thanks for the video. And thanks for tagging
I’m glad I went to see it before it was destroyed. About 125 years of history gone. I always found the station and the truncated track beyond to be poignant, a terrible waste, but for a time we fell out of love with our railways so cutbacks were inevitable. I find this sad from the 1960’s onwards but if EWR and HS2 are completed at least something will be in place. Progress. I doubt the Victorians would have shed a tear. Except for the men who actually toiled to build that bridge so beautifully.
Many years ago the men that grafted and built that bridge would have stood back, proud on what they had created. Today they will have patted themselves on the back on how quick they brought the whole lot down. RIP lovely old bridge.
Personally I find HS2 a fascinating project. I remember the old Great Central and personally I travelled on it. But rail technology has moved on from 1898. If you want a high speed railway, then you build from scratch. Using the corpse of the old central railway was never an option.
Thank you for this. I loved the picture of the station in operation at the beginning. So sad but it sadly couldn’t be kept with the modern designs for railways
The final blow in the brutality of progress and ‘modern’ times. The GCR means a lot to me. Until age 16 I lived very close to the joint met line to Amersham / Aylesbury and went to college and subsequently lived in High Wycombe which was GC proper.
Gone, but recorded for posterity as the extra capacity of our new Spine Railway continues to be developed. Thanks for the video. And thanks for tagging
I’m glad I went to see it before it was destroyed. About 125 years of history gone. I always found the station and the truncated track beyond to be poignant, a terrible waste, but for a time we fell out of love with our railways so cutbacks were inevitable. I find this sad from the 1960’s onwards but if EWR and HS2 are completed at least something will be in place. Progress. I doubt the Victorians would have shed a tear. Except for the men who actually toiled to build that bridge so beautifully.
Many years ago the men that grafted and built that bridge would have stood back, proud on what they had created. Today they will have patted themselves on the back on how quick they brought the whole lot down. RIP lovely old bridge.
Personally I find HS2 a fascinating project. I remember the old Great Central and personally I travelled on it. But rail technology has moved on from 1898. If you want a high speed railway, then you build from scratch. Using the corpse of the old central railway was never an option.
Thank you for this. I loved the picture of the station in operation at the beginning. So sad but it sadly couldn’t be kept with the modern designs for railways
Last time I looked over this bridge, the landfill site was in full operation. Now we know why it shut!
Funeral for a friend 😒
What will replace it?
I know it's only an old bridge, but it still brought a lump to my throat to see it gone. Don't even get me started on the Station Master's house...
Was this done for HS2?
Sad day !!!!!
Why is it being destroyed? Thought Calvert and Claydon were part of East West link and trackbed in use??
A Victorian peacock destroyed to make way for a expensive white elephant.
close until 2025, taking they time then
Just one word - sad.
It’s a pity that the brickwork wasn’t reclaimed, and reused close by.
Vandalism. Will this be replaced with a metal bridge..? Is this part of HS 2..? Not the same. What about the men who built the bridgeback in the day