Marlow railway station
General information | |
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Location | Marlow, Buckinghamshire England |
Coordinates | 51°34′16″N 0°45′58″W / 51.571°N 0.766°W |
Grid reference | SU855865 |
Managed by | Great Western Railway |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Station code | MLW |
Classification | DfT category F1 |
History | |
Original company | Great Marlow Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
28 June 1873 | Opened as "Great Marlow" |
14 February 1899 | Renamed "Marlow" |
10 July 1967 | Station relocated |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.300 million |
2019/20 | 0.313 million |
2020/21 | 69,818 |
2021/22 | 0.198 million |
2022/23 | 0.255 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Marlow railway station serves the town of
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.[2] The terminus was originally named Great Marlow.[3] The branch was absorbed by the GWR on 6 August 1897.[2] On 14 February 1899, the station was renamed "Marlow".[4]
There was a proposal to extend the branch westwards to Henley-on-Thames, but the plan was met with local opposition.[2]
British Rail opened the present station on 10 July 1967[5] on the site of the goods yard of the original station. The original station was then closed,[5] demolished and its site redeveloped.
The line was originally a branch from the Wycombe Railway route between
The service on the branch line is known locally as the "Marlow Donkey", which is commemorated by a local pub of the same name, although the origin of the term is unclear.[6]
Services
Services are provided by Great Western Railway; at peak times these shuttle between Marlow and Bourne End every 30 minutes, but off-peak and at weekends they run through to Maidenhead once per hour, reversing at Bourne End. The trip typically takes 23 minutes.[7]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Bourne End | Marlow Branch Line
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Terminus |
Notes
- ISBN 978-0-9549866-6-7.
- ^ a b c Awdry 1990, p. 28.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 109.
- ^ Butt 1995, pp. 109, 155.
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 155.
- ^ "The Story of the Marlow Donkey". (from Summer 2003 Newsletter). The Marlow Society. 22 April 2003. Archived from the original on 22 June 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- ^ Table 120 National Rail timetable, May 2016
References
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. CN 8983.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
External links
- Train times and station information for Marlow railway station from National Rail