Iver Station

Iver railway station is a railway station 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. HistoryThe 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. 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. ServicesThe station is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway between and & . These call every half-hour on weekdays & Saturdays. There is no Sunday service. FutureThe line through Iver is due to be electrified for the new Crossrail service starting in 2018 which provide Iver with cross-London services. This will mean oyster cards can be used at Iver from 2018 and all stations to Reading will be able to use oyster cards from 2018.

Iver railway station is a railway station 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. HistoryThe 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. 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. ServicesThe station is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway between and & . These call every half-hour on weekdays & Saturdays. There is no Sunday service. FutureThe line through Iver is due to be electrified for the new Crossrail service starting in 2018 which provide Iver with cross-London services. This will mean oyster cards can be used at Iver from 2018 and all stations to Reading will be able to use oyster cards from 2018.