Wolverton railway station
Railway station in Milton Keynes, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Wolverhampton railway station or Wolferton railway station.
Wolverton railway station serves Wolverton, a constituent town of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The station is on the West Coast Main Line, about 52 miles (84 km) from Euston, between Milton Keynes Central and Northampton. The station is one of the seven stations serving the Milton Keynes urban area.[lower-alpha 1]
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Location | Wolverton, City of Milton Keynes England | ||||
Grid reference | SP820415 | ||||
Managed by | London Northwestern Railway | ||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||
Construction | |||||
Accessible | No (stairs to platforms, step up to trains) | ||||
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Station code | WOL | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1838 | ||||
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September 1838[1] | First Wolverton station opened by L&BR | ||||
November 1840 | Station relocated to new track alignment | ||||
1881[1] | Station rebuilt for a second time | ||||
June 2012[2] | Station relocated for a second time | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.470 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.452 million | ||||
2020/21 | 83,314 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.210 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.267 million | ||||
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The station has four platforms, of which just two (3 and 4) are normally in use. The station serves the northern areas of Milton Keynes (including Wolverton itself, the nearby town of Stony Stratford and the village of New Bradwell) as well as the nearby villages in West Northamptonshire.