Marlow railway station

Marlow
View west, towards the buffer stops
Location
Place	Marlow
Local authority	Wycombe district
Coordinates	51.571°N 0.766°W / 51.571; -0.766
Grid reference	SU855865
Operations
Station code	MLW
Managed by	First Great Western
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.293 million
2005/06 *	0.302 million
2006/07 *	0.300 million
2007/08 *	0.293 million
2008/09 *	0.277 million
History
Original company	Great Marlow Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
28 June 1873	Opened as Great Marlow
14 February 1899	Renamed Marlow
10 July 1967	Station relocated
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Marlow from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Marlow railway station serves the town of Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. It is the terminus of a single-track branch line with the station situated 2 miles 61 chains (4.45 km) west of Bourne End station.

History

A branch from the Wycombe Railway at Bourne End was built by the Great Marlow Railway; this was opened on 28 June 1873, and was worked by the Great Western Railway. The terminus was originally named Great Marlow. The branch was absorbed by the GWR on 6 August 1897. On 14 February 1899, the station was renamed Marlow.

There was a proposal to extend the branch westwards to Henley-on-Thames, but the plan was met with local opposition.

The present station was opened on 10 July 1967 on the site of the goods yard of the original station. The original station was then closed, subsequently demolished and its site has been redeveloped.

The line was originally a branch from the Wycombe Railway route between Maidenhead and High Wycombe. When this service was withdrawn north of Bourne End in 1970, Marlow station became the terminus of the Marlow Branch Line which leaves the main Great Western Main Line at Maidenhead railway station.

Services

A 2-car Class 165 DMU on the Marlow Branch Line, as used on the Windsor Branch and other First Great Western lines

Services are provided by First Great Western; at peak times these shuttle between Marlow and Bourne End, but at off-peak times and weekends they run through to Maidenhead, reversing at Bourne End.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bourne End		First Great Western Marlow Branch Line		Terminus

References

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. CN 8983. 
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 

External links

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