Gerrards Cross railway station

Gerrards Cross
National Rail
A Class 165 departing Gerrards Cross in 2025
General information
LocationGerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
England
Grid referenceTQ001887
ManagerChiltern Railways
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGER[1]
ClassificationDfT category D
History
Opened1906
Passengers
2020/21Decrease 0.200 million
 Interchange Decrease 15,530
2021/22Increase 0.660 million
 Interchange Increase 45,603
2022/23Increase 0.901 million
 Interchange Decrease 34,829
2023/24Increase 0.959 million
 Interchange Decrease 26,817
2024/25Increase 1.103 million
 Interchange Increase 31,531
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Gerrards Cross railway station is a railway station in the town of Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the Chiltern Main Line between Denham Golf Club and Seer Green and Jordans, 7 miles 18 chains (11.6 km) from Northolt Junction, near South Ruislip. The station has a turn-back siding just west of the station to allow trains to terminate/start at Gerrards Cross.[2] The station is managed by Chiltern Railways, who operate all services.

History

The station seen on a postcard, with the original four-track layout

The station was built as part of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway and was opened on 2 April 1906.[3] The line opened after the Chalfont Viaduct was built 1.2 miles (1.9 km) further up the line to traverse the River Misbourne.[4] The station buildings from 1906 are still in use.[5] The opening of the station here meant that the area surrounding the railway became a suburban commuter town, in contrast to the previously rural surroundings.[6]

The original station layout was four-track, with two through roads and two platform roads. The two through roads were disused and removed by the late 1980s.[7] This enabled the Up platform to be extended out and built over what used to be the Up through and platform roads, with the original Up line slewed to the Down through road.[7]

The west signal box was renamed 'Gerrards Cross' and was located on the Down line and remained in use until 11 August 1990 when a total route modernisation was carried out by British Rail and signalling was passed to the new Marylebone Integrated Control Centre.[8]

Tunnel collapse

Looking west towards the station from the Marsham Lane bridge in March 2005, showing the extent of construction three months before the tunnel collapsed

At 19:35 on 30 June 2005, 20 metres (66 ft) of the adjacent tunnel near its eastern end collapsed, depositing broken tunnel segment fragments and many tonnes of infill material on the track. News pictures showed that the concrete segments adjoining the hole, which were still in place, appeared to have bowed downwards where two segments met.[9]

Following work on removing infill material and various concrete segments, both those that actually failed and those that were judged unsafe but had not actually collapsed, the trackwork and signalling system were restored. Train services resumed from start of the normal timetable on Saturday 20 August 2005.[10]

Facilities

The station has three car parks, cycle storage, a ticket office and ticket machines, a waiting room, a coffee kiosk, accessible toilets and .live departure screens[11]

Between March and June 2021, the station was refurbished. The work included replacing the canopies, installing lighting across the entire station, repairs to the roof and windows, and a repaint.[12][5]

Passenger volume

Passenger volume at Gerrards Cross[13]
2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Entries and exits 953,108 828,808 1,000,165 1,115,291 1,129,282 1,130,898 1,129,508 1,148,926 1,270,668 1,338,726 1,407,408 1,461,276 1,486,410 1,487,488 1,512,018 1,419,576 199,988 659,832 901,146 959,000 1,102,694
Interchanges 11,199 11,522 11,487 18,829 17,491 21,739 26,892 10,004 67,119 45,038 42,833 58,361 60,445 51,826 59,648 63,553 15,530 45,603 34,829 26,817 31,531

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

As of the May 2026 timetable, the current service pattern off-peak on weekdays is:[14]

  • 3 trains per hour to London Marylebone:
    • 1 is a fast service, calling at London Marylebone only
    • 1 is a semi-fast service, typically calling at Wembley Stadium and London Marylebone
    • 1 is a stopping service, calling at most intermediate stations and London Marylebone

The current pattern on weekends is largely similar, although the semi-fast trains to Marylebone usually stop at Denham; and the High Wycome trains continue to Aylesbury.[14]

Until December 2012, a single weekday service to London Paddington started from Gerrards Cross,[15] running non-stop from West Ruislip. An equivalent service departed from Paddington, and ran non-stop to Gerrards Cross.[16] These trains traversed the now closed former main line between Northolt Junction and Old Oak Common Junction, in many places reduced to a single track. The service was later truncated to commence at South Ruislip, returning to High Wycombe without stopping at Gerrards Cross.[17]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Seer Green and Jordans   Chiltern Railways
London-Birmingham		   Denham Golf Club or Denham
Beaconsfield   Chiltern Railways
London to Oxford services		   Wembley Stadium or London Marylebone

References

  1. ↑ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (2023). Railway Track Diagrams; 3: Western & Wales (7th ed.). Frome: TRACKmaps. p. 16. ISBN 978 1999627164.
  3. ↑ Quick 2023, p. 206.
  4. ↑ Kelly, Alison (2009). "Chalfont Viaduct Buckinghamshire - Historic Building Recording" (PDF). Oxford Archaeology. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 Johnston, Howard (November 2022). "Regional News". Rail (magazine). No. 935. p. 28.
  6. ↑ "Gerrards Cross Town Council | Town History". Gerrards Cross Town Council. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  7. 1 2 Maggs, Colin.G, ed. (2009). The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire. Stroud, Gloucester: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781848683426.
  8. ↑ "Railway Codes".
  9. ↑ "Tunnel collapse causes rail chaos". BBC News. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Rail tunnel collapse line opens". BBC News. 20 August 2005. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Trains to Gerrards Cross Station, Buy Tickets & Live Times". www.chilternrailways.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Duggan, Jamie (19 June 2021). "Gerrards Cross station fully open for passengers using Chiltern Railways after refurbishment". RailAdvent. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  14. 1 2 eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 113 (Network Rail)
  15. ↑ "Timetable 11" (PDF). Chiltern Railways. December 2011 – May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  16. ↑ Maund, Richard, ed. (11 December 2011). "Passenger Train Services over Unusual Lines" (PDF). branchline.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  17. ↑ Maund, Richard, ed. (5 December 2012). "Passenger Train Services over Unusual Lines" (PDF). branchline.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2026.

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