Aylesbury, railway station in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Aylesbury is a railway station in the town of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, with three platforms and regular train services. Managed by Chiltern Railways, it offers connections to London Marylebone, Amersham, and Princes Risborough, with journeys to the capital taking around one hour.
The station opened in 1863 when the railway first came to Aylesbury, initially with just one platform and a small brick building. The current building dates from the 1920s, and the station was part of a wider railway network that included various railway companies such as the Great Western Railway and Great Central Railway for many years.
The station is easy to access for everyone with lifts to all platforms, accessible toilets, and ramps for people with mobility needs. There are free bike parking areas, sheltered waiting rooms with seating, ticket machines and a ticket office with staff during the day, plus a large car park with disabled spaces and a taxi rank right outside the entrance.
An interesting past includes the Metropolitan Railway, which was discontinued in the early 1960s and once carried trains to Baker Street in central London. A severe railway accident in 1904 in which a train derailed on a sharp curve in fog, killing or injuring several people, led to changes in track layout to improve safety.
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