Wendover railway station

For other uses, see Wendover (disambiguation).

Wendover
Location
Place	Wendover
Local authority	Chiltern
Grid reference	SP865077
Operations
Station code	WND
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.382 million
2004/05	0.410 million
2005/06	0.405 million
2006/07	0.404 million
2007/08	0.405 million
2008/09	0.429 million
2009/10	0.407 million
2010/11	0.414 million
History
Opened 1892 (1892)
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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 Wendover from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Wendover railway station serves the town of Wendover in Buckinghamshire, England, and villages including Ellesborough and Wendover Dean. The station is on the London Marylebone — Aylesbury line and is served by Chiltern Railways trains. It is between Great Missenden and Stoke Mandeville stations.

History

The station was opened on 1 September 1892 by the Metropolitan Railway (Met), when the railway was extended from Chalfont Road to Aylesbury Town. The Great Central Railway served the station from 1899, linking the station with Leicester, Nottingham, and Sheffield.

When London Underground's Metropolitan Line (the successor of the Met) was fully electrified in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a decision was made to run only as far as Amersham. This meant that Wendover is now only served by mainline services. In 1966 as a result of The Reshaping of British Railways report, British Rail closed the line north of Aylesbury and the station is now only served by local commuter services. British Rail ran services until privatisation in 1996, when Chiltern Railways took over the franchise.

During the modernisation of the Met in the 1950s, the down (Aylesbury) platform buildings were demolished. In 1989-90 BR's Network SouthEast refurbished the station and the "up" (London) platform canopy was shortened slightly.

Services

At peak times there are up to four trains per hour towards London in the morning, and returning from London (towards Aylesbury) in the evening. Some of these are express services, which skip the stops shared with the Metropolitan Line nearer to London.

Journeys to Marylebone take about 50 minutes (40 minutes for express trains). Journeys to Aylesbury take about 10 minutes.

The normal off-peak service pattern is as follows:

• 2 trains per hour to Aylesbury
• 2 trains per hour to London Marylebone

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Great Missenden		Chiltern Railways London — Aylesbury		Stoke Mandeville
	Disused railways
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Stoke Mandeville towards Aylesbury		Metropolitan line		Great Missenden towards Baker Street or Aldgate

Station layout

Platform 1 Southbound

Chiltern Railways to London Marylebone

Chiltern Railways to Aylesbury

Platform 2 Northbound

Onward connections

Very few buses are available from Wendover. The nearest taxi firms are in Aylesbury, except Alexander's Taxis, whose office is about five metres from the entrance to Wendover railway station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Wendover railway station from National Rail
• Chiltern Railways
• Photos of Wendover Station