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{{Short description|Railway station in Buckinghamshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date= August 2008}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Great Missenden
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Great Missenden railway station 1.jpg
| borough             = [[Great Missenden]], [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]]
| country             = England
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|SP893013|25|SP893013}}
| manager             = [[Chiltern Railways]]
| platforms           = 2
| code                = GMN
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] E
| opened              = 1892
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.543 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 88,124}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.288 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.376 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.369 million}}
| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
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'''Great Missenden railway station''' serves the village of [[Great Missenden]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], England and the neighbouring villages of [[Prestwood]], [[Little Hampden]] and [[Little Missenden]]. The station lies on the [[London to Aylesbury Line]] and is served by [[Chiltern Railways]] trains. It is between [[Amersham station|Amersham]] and {{rws|Wendover}} stations.
Both station platforms have step-free access.
==History==
The station was opened on 1 September 1892 by the [[Metropolitan Railway]] (Met), when its railway was extended from [[Chalfont and Latimer station|Chalfont Road]] to [[Aylesbury railway station|Aylesbury Town]]. The [[Great Central Railway]] served the station from 1899, linking the station with [[Leicester]], [[Nottingham]], and [[Sheffield]].
When [[London Underground]]'s [[Metropolitan line]] (the successor of the Met) was fully electrified in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a decision was made to run only as far as Amersham. This meant that Great Missenden was henceforth now only served by main line services; following the end of steam-hauled Metropolitan line trains in 1961 the service was provided by [[British Rail Class 115]] diesel multiple units until 1992 (which were then replaced by the line's current rolling stock). Responsibility for the station (and the railway north of Amersham to Aylesbury) was transferred from London Transport to British Railways on 11 September 1961;<ref>{{cite magazine| title=The Railway Magazine| title-link=The Railway Magazine| date=August 2013| page=47| issn=0033-8923}}</ref> British Railways signage gradually replaced that of the London Underground.
In 1966 as a result of ''[[Beeching Axe|The Reshaping of British Railways]]'' report, [[British Rail]]ways closed the line north of Aylesbury and the station is now only served by local commuter services. British Rail ran services until privatisation in 1996, when [[Chiltern Railways]] took over the franchise.
During the modernisation of the Met in the 1950s, the down (Aylesbury) platform buildings were demolished. In 1989-90 BR's [[Network SouthEast]] refurbished the station and the "up" (London) platform canopy was shortened slightly.
A Metropolitan Railway signal box used to stand at the south end of the down platform. It ended service in 1984, and was finally removed in 2010 to be used at the [[Watercress Line|Mid Hants Railway]] as an exhibit.
Many [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Ministers]] have used the station when travelling to and from their weekend residence, [[Chequers]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.darrenhouse.co.uk/2008/11/great-missenden-photographer.html| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174520/http://www.darrenhouse.co.uk/2008/11/great-missenden-photographer.html| archivedate=March 3, 2016 |last=House |first=Darren |title=Great Missenden |work=Darren House Photography}}</ref>
==Services==
At peak times there are up to four trains per hour to London in the morning, and returning from London (towards Aylesbury) in the evening. Some are express services that omit the stops shared with the Metropolitan line nearer London.
Journeys to Marylebone take about 45 minutes (35 minutes for express trains). Journeys to Aylesbury take about 15 minutes.
The normal service pattern is as follows:
*2 trains per hour to Aylesbury
**1 train per hour continues on to Aylesbury Vale Parkway
*2 trains per hour to London Marylebone
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==Onward Connections==
[[File:Great Missenden railway station 2.jpg|thumb|Station entrance]]
Buses operate from the station to [[High Wycombe]] and an infrequent service to [[Chesham]] (twice per week), run by [[Arriva Shires & Essex]].
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/  Chiltern Railways website]
* [http://railwaystations.fpic.co.uk/c99711.html Photos of Great Missenden Station]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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[[Category:DfT Category E stations]]
[[Category:Former Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1892]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways]]
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