- Marlow railway station
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Marlow 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 EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.293 million 2005/06 * 0.302 million 2006/07 * 0.300 million 2007/08 * 0.293 million 2008/09 * 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 National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * 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. 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 When this service was withdrawn north of Bourne End in 1970, Marlow station became the terminus of the Marlow Branch Line which leaves the main Great Western Main Line at Maidenhead railway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
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 Following station Bourne End First Great Western
Marlow Branch LineTerminus Notes
- ^ a b Awdry 1990, p. 28.
References
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. CN 8983.
External links
- Train times and station information for Marlow railway station from National Rail
Categories:- Transport in Buckinghamshire
- Railway stations in Buckinghamshire
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1854
- Railway stations served by First Great Western
- DfT Category F1 stations
- Marlow, Buckinghamshire
- Buckinghamshire building and structure stubs
- South East England railway station stubs
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