History
The station was built in the 1850s after an original design by I.K. Brunel and is a listed building. The station was originally the terminus of the Wycombe Railway line from Maidenhead, which was later extended to Aylesbury and Oxford and then in 1867 was taken over by the Great Western Railway.
In 1906 the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway line was opened through High Wycombe, linking London with the two companies' lines to the north. Much of the current Chiltern Main Line is formed from this joint line.
British Rail closed the original branch line to Maidenhead on 2 May 1970 and subsequently the track was lifted.
The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Rail to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974.
In November 2005 a fire in the ticket office gutted the roof of the building. The restored station building reopened in September 2007.
Ticket barriers are in operation at this station.
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