History
The station was built as part of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway and was opened in April 1906 as Gerrards Cross for the Chalfonts. It is in a deep cutting that was dug for the line to maintain a very shallow maximum gradient to allow for fast running with steam-hauled trains. The original station layout was four track, with two through roads and two platform roads. There was a small goods yard north of the line. This has now been removed, but services from Marylebone that terminate at Gerrards Cross use the siding there.
The new line and station virtually created the present Gerrards Cross; the original settlement lay for the most part along the Oxford Road.
The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Railways to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974.
In October 2007 work began on installing ticket barriers, these became operational on Monday 10 March 2008.
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