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. Services at the station are operated by the Elizabeth line

Iver
Iver Location of Iver in Buckinghamshire
Location	Richings Park
Local authority	Buckinghamshire
Grid reference	TQ037799
Managed by	Transport for London
Station code	IVR
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17	0.230 million[2]
2017–18	0.227 million[2]
2018–19	0.259 million[2]
2019–20	0.232 million[2]
2020–21	90,928[2]
Railway companies
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 December 1924	Station opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.509°N 0.507°W / 51.509; -0.507
London transport portal

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 Elizabeth line. The typical off-peak service is:

• 2tph to London Paddington
• 2tph to Reading

Trains are formed of Class 345 Aventra trains with 9 coaches but due to the short platforms at Iver, it is only possible to open the front 6 coaches.

Preceding station	Elizabeth line			Following station
Langley towards Reading		Elizabeth line		West Drayton towards Paddington

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iver railway station.

• Train times and station information for Iver railway station from National Rail