Aylesbury railway station
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| Place | Aylesbury | ||
| Local authority | Aylesbury Vale | ||
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| Station code | AYS | ||
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways | ||
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| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 1.101 million | ||
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| Key dates | Opened ? | ||
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| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aylesbury (source) | |||
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Aylesbury railway station is the only railway station in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the present terminus of the branch of the Chiltern Main Line from London Marylebone via Amersham. A branch line from Princes Risborough, on the line from Marylebone to Birmingham via High Wycombe, also reaches the station.
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[edit] History
The station buildings date from 1926 when the station was extensively rebuilt. Until nationalisation in 1948, Aylesbury was a joint station operated by the LNER and the Great Western Railway.
Until 1966, Aylesbury was an intermediate station on the former Great Central Railway main line from London Marylebone to Sheffield Victoria and on to Manchester via the Woodhead Tunnel. Aylesbury was also the northern terminus of the London Underground Metropolitan Line until the early 1960s, with trains being steam hauled north of Rickmansworth. Following electrification from Rickmansworth to Amersham, Aylesbury was no longer served by London Underground trains. From the 1960s until the 1980s, passenger trains at Aylesbury were almost exclusively operated by British Rail Class 115 diesel multiple units.
[edit] Present layout & Future
The station is laid out for through traffic, but waste freight trains to the landfill site at Calvert are the only regular services further north. On selected days, usually bank holidays, special passenger services run to Quainton Road station. In addition there is a major repair and maintenance depot just behind the station, and several sidings.
There are three platforms. Platform 3 gives access to Amersham and London Marylebone only, whilst platform 1 only gives access to Princes Risborough and London Marylebone via High Wycombe only. Platform 2 can serve both routes.
The station is managed by Chiltern Railways and has recently been fitted with Automatic Ticket Gates. There are two FastTicket self-service ticket machines accepting cash and cards, a PERTIS and two ticket windows.
A rail scheme is proposed [1] to extend passenger services northwestwards to a new station — Aylesbury Vale Parkway railway station — sited on the present freight-only line towards Quainton at the point where the line crosses the A41 near Berryfields Farm. This area is to be known as the Berryfields Major Development Area, and will include Park and Ride facilities for Aylesbury. A further expansion of rail services to Bletchley and Bedford is suggested in a consultants' report [2] written to provide regional planning guidance to Bucks County Council concerning the development of Aylesbury Vale.
[edit] Services
Train services to London are usually via Amersham on the London to Aylesbury Line. In addition to this, travellers also have the option of going to Princes Risborough, and changing to a service on the Chiltern Main Line (although this results in a longer journey time). However, on late nights and Sundays, some services run direct to Marylebone via the Princes Risborough and Chiltern Main Line route, without the need to change.
At peak times, there are up to 5 trains per hour towards London in the morning, and returning from London in the evening. Some of these are express services, which skip the stops shared with the Metropolitan Line nearer to London. The typical service pattern is as follows:
Monday-Friday
- 2tph to/from London via Amersham (plus 1tph express service to London in morning, and from London in evening peak)
- 2tph to/from Princes Risborough
Saturday
- 2tph to/from London via Amersham
- 1tph to/from Princes Risborough
Sunday
- 1 tph to/from London via Amersham
- 1tph to/from London via Princes Risborough
[edit] Onward Connections
Aylesbury bus station is a 2 minute walk from the station. Buses depart to several destinations across Buckinghamshire, including Stoke Mandeville Hopsital, Milton Keynes, Oxford and Leighton Buzzard. Bus departure times are displayed on screens outside the train station's departure lounge as well as at the bus station itself.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Aylesbury railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Aylesbury railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Stoke Mandeville | Chiltern Railways London-Aylesbury |
Quainton Road | ||
| Little Kimble | Chiltern Railways Princes Risborough-Aylesbury |
Terminus | ||
| Little Kimble | Chiltern Railways Chiltern Main Line, Aylesbury Branch |
Terminus | ||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Terminus | British Rail Aylesbury & Buckingham Railway |
Waddesdon Manor | ||
| Stoke Mandeville | British Railways Great Central Main Line |
Waddesdon Manor | ||
| Stoke Mandeville | Metropolitan Railway Until 1936 |
Waddesdon Manor | ||
| Stoke Mandeville | Metropolitan Line 1936-1943 1948-1961 |
Terminus | ||
| Stoke Mandeville | Metropolitan Line 1943-1948 |
Quainton Road | ||
