Iver railway station

Iver railway station is situated in the village of Richings Park, near Iver, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the first station on the Great Western Main Line located outside Greater London, 14 miles 60 chains (23.7 km) down the line from London Paddington and is situated between West Drayton to the east and Langley to the west.

Iver
Iver
Location of Iver in Buckinghamshire
LocationRichings Park
Local authorityBuckinghamshire
Grid referenceTQ037799
Managed byTfL Rail[1]
Station codeIVR
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms4
AccessibleYes
National Rail annual entry and exit
2014–15 0.225 million[2]
2015–16 0.226 million[2]
2016–17 0.230 million[2]
2017–18 0.227 million[2]
2018–19 0.259 million[2]
Railway companies
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 December 1924Station opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451.509°N 0.507°W / 51.509; -0.507
London transport portal
VIew in 1962

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.[3]

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.[4]

The line through Iver was electrified in 2017[5] 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 and accessible toilet.[6][7]

Services

The station is served by local services operated by TfL Rail. The typical off-peak service is:

  • 2tph to London Paddington
  • 2tph to Reading

Trains are formed of Class 345 Aventra trains in 7 coach formation but due to the short platforms at Iver, it is only possible to open the front 6 coaches. Typical journey times are 7 minutes to Slough and 30 minutes to Reading and London.

Preceding station   Crossrail   Following station
Langley   TfL Rail
Paddington - Reading		   West Drayton
  Future Development  
Preceding station   Crossrail   Following station
towards Reading
Crossrail
Elizabeth line
towards Abbey Wood

Future

The station is potentially the site of a new Heathrow Hub railway station which would see the station greatly expanded with 12 platforms and serving as the main interchange between Heathrow Airport, Crossrail, the Great Western Main Line and High Speed 2.[8]

References
  1. Station facilities for Iver
  2. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. Nock, O.S. (1967). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. 3: 1923-1947. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 248. ISBN 0-7110-0304-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. "Milestones, Nov. 8, 1948". Time Magazine. 8 November 1948. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  5. "GWR Electrostar fleet enters service after electrification completed". www.railtechnologymagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  6. Matthews, Luke (11 December 2017). "Iver to get new railway station as part of Crossrail work". Maidenhead Advertiser. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. "Iver Station". Crossrail. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  8. Manser, Polly (7 July 2010). "Massive train station-cum-airport terminal proposed at Iver". Buckinghamshire Advertiser. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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