Iver railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Richings Park |
| Local authority | South Bucks |
| Coordinates | 51°30′32″N 0°30′25″W / 51.509°N 0.507°WCoordinates: 51°30′32″N 0°30′25″W / 51.509°N 0.507°W |
| Grid reference | TQ037799 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | IVR |
| Managed by | First Great Western |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 111,436 |
| 2005/06 * |  136,161 |
| 2006/07 * | 143,027 |
| 2007/08 * | 0.148 million |
| 2008/09 * | 0.157 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1 December 1924 | Station opened |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Iver from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Iver railway station is a railway station in the village of Richings Park, near Iver, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the first station outside Greater London on the Great Western Main Line.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Services
The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from Paddington to Reading stations.
[edit] 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]
The station is also potentially the site of a new Heathrow Hub railway station.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Nock, O.S. (1967). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. 3: 1923-1947. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 248. ISBN 0 7110 0304 1.
- ^ Article, Time, 8 November 1948.
- ^ "Capital's key services protected, says Johnson". The Press Association. 20 October 2010. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gKH5fiQT63-FLo6vMfXKorAteqrA?docId=B308521287593766A00. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ http://beaconsfield.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/2010/07/massive-train-station-cum-airp.html
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Iver railway station from National Rail
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