Service
The station provides rail services to London Marylebone and to High Wycombe and Birmingham Snow Hill.
A single weekday service to London Paddington starts from Gerrards Cross, arriving in London at 1132 (as of the December 2011 timetable), running non-stop from West Ruislip. There is an equivalent service departing from Paddington at 1136, which runs non-stop to Gerrards Cross. Gerrards Cross - Paddington trains traverse the now rarely-used former main line between Northolt Junction and Old Oak Common Junction, in many places reduced to a single track. This section is used more frequently by freight and waste trains, and also diversions during engineering works.
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