Iver railway station
Iver | |
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Location | |
Place | Richings Park |
Local authority | District of South Bucks |
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Grid reference | TQ037799 |
Operations | |
Station code | IVR |
Managed by | Great Western Railway |
Number of platforms | 4 |
DfT category | E |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2004/05 | 0.111 million |
2005/06 | 0.136 million |
2006/07 | 0.143 million |
2007/08 | 0.148 million |
2008/09 | 0.157 million |
2009/10 | 0.131 million |
2010/11 | 0.152 million |
2011/12 | 0.156 million |
2012/13 | 0.186 million |
History | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
1 December 1924 | Station opened |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Iver from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Iver railway station is a railway station situated in the village of Richings Park, near Iver, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the first station on the Great Western Main Line located outside Greater London.
History
The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway which opened on 4 June 1838, however no station was provided at Iver until 1924; Iver station opened on 1 December that year.[1]
This section of line is also where the first trials of the North Star were held, commemorated by a public house in nearby Thorney.
William Stallybrass, Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, died in a railway accident when he stepped out of a moving train near the station in 1948.[2] He was almost blind at the time.
British Rail Board (Residuary) Ltd. owns the land between the station and Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal, said to have been considered by Brunel as a location of the works subsequently based at Swindon.
Services
The station is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway between Paddington and Reading stations.
Future
The line through Iver is due to be electrified for the new Crossrail service starting in 2018 which provide Iver with cross-London services.[3] This will mean oyster cards can be used at Iver from 2018 and all stations to Reading will be able to use oyster cards from 2018.[citation needed]
The station is also potentially the site of a new Heathrow Hub railway station which would see the station greatly expanded with 12 platforms and serving as the main interchange between Heathrow Airport, Crossrail, the Great Western Main Line and High Speed 2.[4]
References
External links
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- Train times and station information for Iver railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Langley | Great Western Railway Great Western Main Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
West Drayton | ||
Future Development | ||||
Preceding station | Crossrail | Following station | ||
towards Reading
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Crossrail Elizabeth Line |
towards Abbey Wood or Shenfield
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- Articles with dead external links from July 2015
- Use dmy dates from May 2015
- Use British English from May 2015
- Articles with OS grid coordinates
- DfT Category E stations
- Articles with unsourced statements from July 2015
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- Railway stations in Buckinghamshire
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1924
- Great Western Main Line
- Railway stations served by Great Western Railway
- Railway stations served by Crossrail