Aylesbury Vale Parkway railway station
Aylesbury Vale Parkway  | |
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Aylesbury Vale Parkway station, showing the taxi rank (left), cycle shelter (centre) and booking hall (right) | |
| Location | |
| Place | Aylesbury |
| Local authority | District of Aylesbury Vale |
| Coordinates | 51°49′55″N 0°51′40″W / 51.8319°N 0.8612°WCoordinates: 51°49′55″N 0°51′40″W / 51.8319°N 0.8612°W |
| Grid reference | SP786153 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | AVP |
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | E |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2008/09 | 13,058 |
| 2009/10 |
 49,212 |
| 2010/11 |
55,864 |
| 2011/12 |
73,130 |
| 2012/13 |
81,696 |
| 2013/14 |
0.101 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.129 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 14 Dec 2008 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aylesbury Vale Parkway from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Aylesbury Vale Parkway railway station is a railway station serving villages northwest of Aylesbury, England. It will also serve the Berryfields and Weedon Hill housing developments north of the town when these are built. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Chiltern Railways.
Background
Aylesbury Vale Parkway is on the former Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway, which formed part of the Great Central Main Line route linking London and Aylesbury with the East Midlands and North.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister announced in April 2006 that it would provide £8.17 million for track and signalling improvements to the existing line, which then was only used to carry freight. A further £2.8 million was invested by Chiltern Railways' owners Laing Rail and £1 million by Buckinghamshire County Council.
Construction began in October 2007[1] and the rail works were completed by Carillion Rail.[2] The station was originally not due to be completed until 2010[3] but it was opened ahead of schedule.
The station was opened on 14 December 2008 but the station building did not open until 1 June 2009.[4] In the interim while the station buildings were being completed, tickets and facilities were provided from Portakabins.[5]
Services and facilities
Aylesbury Vale Parkway has links to existing public transport bus services along the A41 corridor. A bus service from the station to several villages north of Aylesbury began on 15 December 2008. This service, route 16 run by Red Rose (formerly by Arriva), serves the station at times to meet London-bound commuter trains, and is free for passengers with a monthly or longer Chiltern Railways season ticket. Other bus journeys include the Green Route 4 of the Rainbow Routes served by Redline Buses and very infrequent services to and from Bicester on the route 18 run by Langston & Tasker.
The station has a taxi rank, car park, a charging point for electric vehicles and parking bays for motorcycles and pedal cycles.
The off-peak train service is one departure per hour to Marylebone via Amersham. In peak periods there are up to three trains per hour to Marylebone.[6] The journey time to Aylesbury is about four minutes.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Chiltern Railways London – Aylesbury |
Aylesbury | ||
| Future services | ||||
| Winslow | Chiltern Railways Varsity Line |
Aylesbury | ||
Plans
East West Rail plans to extend passenger services northwards to Bletchley and Milton Keynes by 2019 using parts of the former Varsity Line.[7][8][9] The platform has been built to accommodate a second track if ever implemented, which would create an island platform. At present trains (currently run only as specials on Bank Holidays) between Aylesbury and Quainton Road cannot serve Aylesbury Vale as there is no platform on the through route.
The track between Aylesbury and the new station was upgraded to continuous welded rail with a maximum line speed for DMU passenger trains of 60 mph (97 km/h). It is proposed that when services are extended to the north, trains will run via High Wycombe and not Amersham.[7] Trains currently serving the station will thereafter terminate at Aylesbury.
See also
References
- ↑ "The next stop will be Aylesbury Vale Parkway". Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
- ↑ "Access to Aylesbury Vale Parkway". Buckinghamshire County Council. 19 October 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ↑ "New Aylesbury Vale Parkway station to open in 2010". Chiltern Railways. 11 April 2006. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ↑ "Aylesbury Vale Parkway fully open on Monday, 1 June". Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
- ↑ "Aylesbury Engineering Works: 18 – 20 November". Chiltern Railways. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ↑ "Aylesbury Vale Parkway" (Microsoft Word). Chiltern Railways. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
- 1 2 "Prospectus" (PDF). East West Rail Consortium. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ↑ "RAIL" (685). 14–28 December 2011: 10–11.
- ↑ Bucks Herald (31 March 2014). "Disappointment as East West Rail Delayed by two Years". Bucks Herald. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aylesbury Vale Parkway railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Aylesbury Vale Parkway railway station from National Rail
- Chiltern Railways station page
- East West Rail Consortium
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