Cheddington railway station

Cheddington
Location
Place	Cheddington
Local authority	Aylesbury Vale
Operations
Station code	CED
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	4
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	56,710
2005/06 *	65,130
2006/07 *	74,703
2007/08 *	79,051
2008/09 *	70,460
History
9 April 1838	Opened
2 December 1963	Closed to freight
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cheddington from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Cheddington railway station serves the village of Cheddington, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England. It also serves a number of surrounding villages, most notably Ivinghoe. The station is 58 km/36 miles north west of London Euston on the West Coast Main Line. It is operated by London Midland, who also provide all services. Although the station has four platforms, only platforms 3 and 4 see regular use.

Up stopping train in 1953

Just over 2 km (1.2 mi) north of this station, on the stretch of line between Cheddington and Leighton Buzzard, is Bridego Bridge, the scene of the Great Train Robbery of 1963.

Cheddington was formerly a junction for the LNWR's branch line to Aylesbury High Street. This branch terminated in the east of the town and made no connection to the GCR/Metropolitan Railway station in Aylesbury. It closed to passengers in 1953 (freight continuing until 1964); however, the branch platform is still in situ at Cheddington and the curve of the branch is now part of the station's approach road.

Cheddington at platform level, seen from the mostly unused platform 1.

Services

There is normally an hourly service in each direction from Cheddington: southbound to London Euston and northbound to Milton Keynes Central. There are occasional through trains to Northampton at the extremities of the day. There is sometimes, but very rarely, a service to Crewe that stops here.^{[citation needed]}

London Midland are proposing the closure of the ticket office.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Leighton Buzzard		London Midland West Coast Main Line		Tring
	Disused railways
Terminus		London and North Western Railway Aylesbury Branch		Marston Gate

External links

• Train times and station information for Cheddington railway station from National Rail