Iver railway station
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Iver railway station is situated in the village of Richings Park, within Iver, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the first station on the Great Western Main Line located outside Greater London, Script error: No such module "convert". down the line from Template:Stn and is situated between Template:Rws to the east and Template:Rws to the west. Services at the station are operated by the Elizabeth line.
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.[1]
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. He was almost blind at the time.[2]
The line through Iver was electrified in 2017[3] in preparation for the Crossrail service, which began operation in December 2019.
As part of ongoing work to prepare the station for the Elizabeth line, Iver station gained a new station building, with a ticket office, ticket gates, step-free access and accessible toilet.[4][5]
Services
Off-peak, all services at Iver are operated by the Elizabeth line using Template:Brc EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6][7]
- 2 tph to Abbey Wood
- 2 tph to Maidenhead
Additional services, including services to Reading call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 4 tph in each direction.
The station is also served by a small number of early morning and late evening Great Western Railway services between Template:Stn and Reading.
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References
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External links
- Train times and station information for Iver railway station from National Rail
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