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 and , 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. The station is managed by Chiltern Railways, who operate all services.
History
The station was built as part of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway and was opened on 2 April 1906. The line opened after the Chalfont Viaduct was built further up the line to traverse the River Misbourne. The station buildings from 1906 are still in use. 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.
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. 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.
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.
Tunnel collapse
At 19:35 on 30 June 2005, 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.
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.
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
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.
Passenger volume +Passenger volume at Gerrards Cross2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25Entries and exits953,108828,8081,000,1651,115,2911,129,2821,130,8981,129,5081,148,9261,270,6681,338,7261,407,4081,461,2761,486,4101,487,4881,512,0181,419,576199,988659,832901,146959,0001,102,694Interchanges11,19911,52211,48718,82917,49121,73926,89210,00467,11945,03842,83358,36160,44551,82659,64863,55315,53045,60334,82926,81731,531 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:eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 113 (Network Rail)
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
2 trains per hour to Oxford
1 train per hour to High Wycombe
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.
Until December 2012, a single weekday service to started from Gerrards Cross, running non-stop from . 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. The service was later truncated to commence at South Ruislip, returning to High Wycombe without stopping at Gerrards Cross.
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External links
Information and news on the Gerrards Cross Tunnel