Gerrards Cross railway station

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Looking west towards the station from the Marsham Lane bridge in March 2005, showing the extent of construction three months before the tunnel collapsed Gerrards Cross railway station 2.jpg
Looking west towards the station from the Marsham Lane bridge in March 2005, showing the extent of construction three months before the tunnel collapsed

A development by the Tesco supermarket chain turned the cutting on the London side of the station into a tunnel by the use of large concrete ring segments to form the tunnel profile. The space on top of these segments was filled in to form a ground surface on which the new supermarket was built.

Service interruption

At 19:35 on 30 June 2005, 20 metres (66 ft) of tunnel roof 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. [6]

A Marylebone-bound train was standing at the "up" platform when the tunnel collapsed. Its driver saw the collapse and raised the alarm, so all rail traffic was stopped. No one was injured. A "down" train that had left Denham Golf Club had to make an emergency stop between stations and go back to Denham Golf Club to allow its passengers to alight. Again, no one was injured.

Service restoration and line centenary

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. [7]

Gerrards Cross railway station had its centenary in 2006. This was celebrated with two London, Midland and Scottish Railway steam locomotives, Class 8F 48151 and Jubilee Class 5690 Leander, hauling trains between Marylebone and High Wycombe.

Train Services

The Monday - Friday off-peak schedule

3 trains per hour to London Marylebone:

2 trains per hour to Oxford

1 train per hour to High Wycombe

The Saturday - Sunday off-peak service

3 trains per hour to London Marylebone:

2 trains per hour to Oxford

1 train per hour to Aylesbury


The station consists of two platforms, with a turn back siding just west of the station to allow trains to terminate/start at Gerrards Cross. [8]

As recently as 2011 a single weekday service to London Paddington started from Gerrards Cross, [9] running non-stop from West Ruislip. An equivalent service departed from Paddington, and ran non-stop to Gerrards Cross. 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. This section was used more frequently by freight and waste trains, and also diversions during engineering works. The service was later truncated to commence at South Ruislip, returning to High Wycombe without stopping at Gerrards Cross. [10] [11] In December 2018 was rerouted to West Ealing via the Greenford line. [12] [13] As of December 2022, the service no longer runs and has been replaced by a bus service. [14]

Gerrards Cross
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Gerrards Cross
General information
Location Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
England
Grid reference TQ001887
Managed by Chiltern Railways
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGER
Classification DfT category D
History
Opened1906
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 1.512 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 59,648
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg 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

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  10. ↑ 2V27 1057 South Ruislip to London Paddington Real Train Times 7 December 2018
  11. ↑ 2M29 1135 London Paddington to High Wycombe Real Train Times 7 December 2018
  12. ↑ 2V27 1102 South Ruislip to West Ealing Real Train Times 10 December 2018
  13. ↑ 2M27 1147 West Ealing to High Wycombe Real Train Times 10 December 2018
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