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Halton Railway was a spur line from Wendover to RAF Halton used to transport coal and other goods to RAF Halton. Wendover is a Market town that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. RAF Halton is one of the larger Royal Air Force (RAF stations in the United Kingdom, located near the village of Halton Buckinghamshire. It closed in 1963.

Opened in 1917, this branch line ran for 1. A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route usually a main line. 75 miles (2. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States 82 km) and was constructed by German prisoners of war during World War I. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

The majority of the track has since been removed, including the original bridge over the Grand Union Canal which was replaced by a modern footbridge, however much of the line is designated a permissive footpath. The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. In England and Wales, public rights of way are paths on which the public have a legally protected right to pass and re-pass


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