Bourne End railway station
Bourne End 
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A First Great Western Class 165 DMU arrives from Maidenhead. The driver will now change ends to continue to Marlow.
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| Location | |
| Place | Bourne End |
| Local authority | Wycombe district |
| Grid reference | SU894872 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BNE |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.240 million |
| – Interchange |
 59,686 |
| 2012/13 |
0.250 million |
| – Interchange |
61,995 |
| 2013/14 |
0.252 million |
| – Interchange |
58,269 |
| 2014/15 |
0.245 million |
| – Interchange |
61,208 |
| 2015/16 |
0.251 million |
| – Interchange |
84,821 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 August 1854 |
| Original company | Wycombe Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
| 1873 | Marlow branch opened |
| May 1970 | line to High Wycombe closed |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bourne End from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bourne End railway station serves Bourne End in Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the Marlow Branch line between Maidenhead and Marlow, about 4.5 miles (7 km) north of Maidenhead.
Services are provided by Great Western Railway. The ticket office is open on weekday and Saturday mornings. There is a customer car park south of the station. The station has two platforms.
The station was originally named Marlow Road station. In 1874 Marlow Road station was renamed Bourne End to obviate confusion with the newly opened Marlow station.
The station was opened in 1854 as part of the Wycombe Railway Company line between Maidenhead Boyne Hill station and High Wycombe. To reach Bourne End, a wooden viaduct was built across Cockmarsh and a wooden bridge was built across the River Thames.
In 1873 a line linking Bourne End with Marlow was opened to the public, with 1700 tickets being sold in the first week. Originally the branch line was served by a third platform on the west side of the station.
The service on the branch line is known locally as the "Marlow Donkey", which is commemorated by a local pub of the same name, although the origin of the term is unclear.
British Rail closed the line between Bourne End and High Wycombe in May 1970 but trains are still run between Maidenhead and Marlow. There was local opposition to the creation of a community rail partnership because of fears that this would isolate the line from the main railway network.
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