Wendover railway station

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Wendover
Location
Place Station Approach, Pound Street, Wendover
Local authority Chiltern
Operations
Station code WND
Managed by Chiltern Railways
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.410 million
2005/06 * 0.405 million
History
Key dates Opened 1892
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wendover from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Wendover railway station serves the town of Wendover in Buckinghamshire, as well as the villages of Ellesborough and Wendover Dean, amongst others. The station lies on the London Marylebone-Aylesbury line and is served by Chiltern Railways trains. It is situated between Great Missenden and Stoke Mandeville stations.

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[edit] History

The station first opened on 1 September 1892, and was served by both the London Underground Metropolitan Line and the Great Central Railway.

However, when the London Underground was fully electrified in the 1960s, a decision was made to run only as far as Amersham; two stops short of Wendover. This meant Wendover is now served by overground only. Services were run by Network SouthEast until privatisation in 1996, when Chiltern Railways took over the franchise.

[edit] Services

At peak times, there are up to 4 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 approximately 50 minutes (40 minutes for express trains). Journeys to Aylesbury take approximately 10 minutes.

The normal service pattern is as follows:

  • 2 tph to Aylesbury
  • 2 tph to London Marylebone

[edit] Onward Connections

Very few buses are available from Wendover. The nearest taxi firms are located in Aylesbury.

[edit] External links

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Great Missenden   Chiltern Railways
London-Aylesbury		   Stoke Mandeville
Disused Railways
Great Missenden   Metropolitan Line
Until 1961		   Stoke Mandeville