Cheddington railway station
Cheddington London Northwestern Railway | |
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Platforms | 4 |
Other information | |
Station code | CED |
Classification | DfT category E |
Key dates | |
9 April 1838 | Opened as Aylesbury Junction |
1850[1] | renamed Cheddington Junction |
1870 | renamed Cheddington |
2 December 1963 | Closed to freight |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 84,132 |
2019/20 | 78,694 |
2020/21 | 12,408 |
2021/22 | 32,180 |
2022/23 | 48,014 |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Cheddington railway station serves the village of
The station has four platforms, each with 12 carriage capacity, but only platforms 3 and 4 are used regularly and platforms 1 and 2 are used only during engineering works and disruption. Platforms 2 and 3 form a centre island. The main station buildings are located on Platform 1 adjacent to the car park. Access to the other platforms is gained by a footbridge.
The ticket office closed on 28 March 2013 and the station is now unstaffed.[3] Although starting in December 2017 there is a security guard on the station around the clock, the ticket building is still closed.[citation needed]
Cheddington was formerly a junction for the
Just over 1.2 miles (2 km) north of this station, on the stretch of line between Cheddington and
Services
All services at Cheddington are operated by London Northwestern Railway.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]
- 2 tph to London Euston
- 2 tph to Milton Keynes Central
A very small number of early morning and late evening services are extended beyond Milton Keynes Central to and from Northampton and Birmingham New Street.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Leighton Buzzard | London Northwestern Railway |
Tring | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Terminus | London and North Western Railway |
References
- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 121
- ^ Engineer's Line References: Euston to Crewe RailwayCodes.org
- ^ NRES - Cheddington station facilities National Rail Enquiries website; Retrieved 3 September 2013
- ^ Table 66 National Rail timetable, December 2022
External links
- Train times and station information for Cheddington railway station from National Rail