Little Kimble railway station

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General information
Location	Wycombe district
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	LTK
History
Opened	1872
Original company	Wycombe Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
Post-grouping	GW & GC Joint

The station approach

Little Kimble railway station is the small, single platform railway station of the village of Little Kimble in Buckinghamshire, England.

Services

The station is served by Chiltern Railways trains between London Marylebone or Princes Risborough and Aylesbury and is between Monks Risborough and Aylesbury stations. At most times of day passengers wishing to travel beyond Princes Risborough have to change, but there are some through services to and from Marylebone.

There is a permit to travel ticket machine on the platform.

History

The Wycombe Railway opened the line from Princes Risborough to Aylesbury on 1 October 1863. The Great Western Railway took over the Wycombe Railway in 1867 and opened Little Kimble station in 1872. The station building once had ornate stone chimneys, and was identical to the "up" platform building at Kings Sutton.

The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Rail to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974.

In 1998 Little Kimble received the British Royal Train. The G8 Summit was held in Birmingham that year and the wives of the G8 countries' leaders, including Cherie Blair and Hillary Clinton, were taken to Chequers via the Royal Train and Little Kimble, which is the nearest station to Chequers. The train reversed at Princes Risborough and the wives alighted at Little Kimble, whence they were transferred to Chequers via limousine.

Routes

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Little Kimble

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Monks Risborough		Chiltern Railways Princes Risborough-Aylesbury		Aylesbury

External links

Media related to Little Kimble railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Little Kimble railway station from National Rail
• Chiltern Railways
• Little Kimble at Railway Stations UK