Stoke Mandeville railway station

Stoke Mandeville
File:Stoke Mandeville railway station 1.jpg
Location
Place	Stoke Mandeville
Local authority	Chiltern
Operations
Station code	SKM
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Platforms in use	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.318 million
2005/06 *	0.316 million
2006/07 *	0.313 million
2007/08 *	0.309 million
2008/09 *	0.313 million
History
Opened 1892 (1892)
National Rail - UK railway stations
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stoke Mandeville from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Stoke Mandeville railway station serves the village of Stoke Mandeville, to the south of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. The station lies on the London -Aylesbury line and is served by Chiltern Railways trains. It is situated between Wendover and Aylesbury stations.

Both station platforms have step-free access.

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 Stoke Mandeville 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.

The lawn at the station front features several sculptures including a statue of a former employee.

Services

File:Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Princes Risboro, Quainton Road & Verney Ashendon RJD 146.jpg

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Stoke Mandeville

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 55 minutes (45 minutes for express trains). Journeys to Aylesbury take approximately 5 minutes.

The normal service pattern is as follows:

• 2 tph to Aylesbury
• 2 tph to London Marylebone

Station layout

Platform 1 Southbound

Chiltern Railways to London Marylebone

Chiltern Railways to Aylesbury

Platform 2 Northbound

Onward connections

For Stoke Mandeville Hospital, rail passengers should alight at Aylesbury and take the Red Route 9 bus from Aylesbury Bus Station.

Buses operate from the station to Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard, run by Arriva Shires & Essex.

External links

• Train times and station information for Stoke Mandeville railway station from National Rail
• Chiltern Railways
• Photos of Stoke Mandeville Station

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wendover		Chiltern Railways London-Aylesbury		Aylesbury
	Disused railways
Terminus		{{{{{system}}} lines|{{{line}}}}}		Terminus
Aylesbury towards [[Template:S-line/LUL left/Metropolitan tube station|Template:S-line/LUL left/Metropolitan]]		Metropolitan line		Wendover towards [[Template:S-line/LUL right/Metropolitan tube station|Template:S-line/LUL right/Metropolitan]]

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