Wendover railway station

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.

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

However, when the Metropolitan Line (the successor of the MetR) was fully electrified in the late 1950s 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, due to the Beeching Axe, the line north of Aylesbury was closed and the station is now only served by local commuter services. Services were run by British Rail (BR) 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, the station was refurbished by BR's Network SouthEast and during this time, the up (London) platform canopy was shortened slightly.

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

Onward Connections
Very few buses are available from Wendover. The nearest taxi firms are located in Aylesbury - except for Alexander's Taxis, whose office is located approximately five metres from the entrance to Wendover Train Station.