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Revision as of 06:09, 18 December 2019

Iver National Rail
Iver is located in Buckinghamshire
Iver
Iver
Location of Iver in Buckinghamshire
LocationRichings Park
Local authorityDistrict of South Bucks
Grid referenceTQ037799
Managed byTfL Rail[1]
Station code(s)IVR
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2013–14Increase 0.194 million[2]
2014–15Increase 0.225 million[2]
2015–16Increase 0.226 million[2]
2016–17Increase 0.230 million[2]
2017–18Decrease 0.227 million[2]
Railway companies
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 December 1924Station opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°30′32″N 0°30′25″W / 51.509°N 0.507°W / 51.509; -0.507
London transport portal
VIew in 1962

Iver railway station is situated in the village of Richings Park, near Iver, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the first station on the Great Western Main Line located outside Greater London, 14 miles 60 chains (23.7 km) down the line from London Paddington and situated between West Drayton to the east and Langley to the west.

In preparation for the introduction of Elizabeth line services, the operation of the station was transferred to MTR Crossrail on behalf of Transport for London at the end of 2017.

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.[3]

This section of line is also where the first trials of the locomotive 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.[4] He was almost blind at the time.

The line through Iver was electrified in 2017[5] in preparation for the Crossrail service, which began operation in December 2019.

Services

The station is served by local services operated by TfL Rail. The typical off-peak service is:

Trains are formed of Class 345 Aventra trains in 7 coach formation but due to the short platforms at Iver, it is only possible to open the front 6 coaches. Typical journey times are 7 minutes to Slough and 30 minutes to Reading and London.

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Langley style="background:#Template:LCR color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   TfL Rail
Paddington - Reading 		style="background:#Template:LCR color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   West Drayton
  Future Development  
Preceding station   Crossrail   Following station
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Future

The station is potentially the site of a new Heathrow Hub railway station which would see the station greatly expanded with 12 platforms and serving as the main interchange between Heathrow Airport, Crossrail, the Great Western Main Line and High Speed 2.[6]

References

  1. ^ Station facilities for Iver
  2. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ^ Nock, O.S. (1967). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. 3: 1923-1947. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 248. ISBN 0-7110-0304-1. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  4. ^ Article, Time, 8 November 1948.
  5. ^ "electrification completed". Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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