| Iver | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Richings Park |
| Local authority | South Bucks |
| Operations | |
| Station code | IVR |
| Managed by | First Great Western |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 111,436 |
| 2005/06 * | 136,161 |
| 2006/07 * | 143,027 |
| History | |
| Opened 1924 | |
| 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 Iver from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Iver railway station is a railway station in the village of Richings Park, near Iver, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the first station outside Greater London on the Great Western Main Line.
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.
The line through Iver is due to be electrified for the new Crossrail service starting in 2017.
Accidents
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.[1] He was almost blind at the time.
Services
The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to Reading stations.
References
External links
- Train times and station information for Iver railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| West Drayton | First Great Western Great Western Main Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Langley | ||
| Preceding station | Crossrail | Following station | ||
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towards Maidenhead
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Crossrail |
towards Abbey Wood or Shenfield
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