Marlow railway station

Marlow railway station
Marlow National Rail
Marlow Railway Station.jpg
Location
Place Marlow
Local authority Wycombe district
Grid reference SU855865
Operations
Station code MLW
Managed by First Great Western
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   0.293 million
2005/06 * increase 0.302 million
2006/07 * decrease 0.300 million
2007/08 * decrease 0.293 million
2008/09 * decrease 0.277 million
History
Original company Great Marlow Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
28 June 1873 Opened (Great Marlow)
14 February 1899 Renamed (Marlow)
10 July 1967 Platform relocated
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Marlow from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Marlow railway station serves the town of Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. It is the terminus of a single-track branch line with the station situated 2 miles 61 chains (4.45 km) west of Bourne End station.

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History

A branch from the Wycombe Railway at Bourne End was built by the Great Marlow Railway; this was opened on 28 June 1873, and was worked by the Great Western Railway. The branch was absorbed by the GWR on 6 August 1897.[1]

There was a proposal to extend the branch westwards to Henley-on-Thames, but the plan was met with local opposition.[1]

The line was originally a branch from the Wycombe Railway route between Maidenhead and High Wycombe. When this service was withdrawn north of Bourne End in 1970, Marlow station became the terminus of the Marlow Branch Line which leaves the main Great Western Main Line at Maidenhead railway station.

Services

A 2-car Class 165 DMU on the Marlow Branch Line, as used on the Windsor Branch and other First Great Western lines.

Services are provided by First Great Western; at peak times these shuttle between Marlow and Bourne End, but at off-peak times and weekends they run through to Maidenhead, reversing at Bourne End.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Bourne End   First Great Western
Marlow Branch Line
  Terminus

Notes

  1. ^ a b Awdry 1990, p. 28.

References

  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. CN 8983. 

External links

Coordinates: 51°34′16″N 0°45′58″W / 51.571°N 0.766°W / 51.571; -0.766


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