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Customer travel advice

Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 February

Customers traveling from Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville, Wendover or Great Missenden:

Trains from Aylesbury to London Marylebone are running via the Princes Risborough / High Wycombe line and will not call at any stations from Stoke Mandeville through to Harrow-on-the-Hill (inclusive). This only affects trains from Aylesbury towards London.

Rail replacement buses are running between Aylesbury and Amersham.

• A rail replacement bus is running from Aylesbury to Amersham calling at Stoke Mandeville, Wendover, Great Missenden and Amersham. Upon reaching Amersham, customers should use London Underground Metropolitan Line services towards Baker Street.
• Customers traveling from Aylesbury all the way to London should take the trains diverting via the alternative route.

Chiltern Railways tickets are being accepted via any reasonable route with the following  rail operators:-

• Transport for London (TfL) Metropolitan Line services operating between Amersham, Rickmansworth, Harrow-on-the-Hill and Baker Street stations.
• London Northwestern Railway services operating between Tring and London Euston stations.

Northbound services towards Aylesbury are not affected (though it should be noted that no trains will run on the route 'via Amersham' from Friday 1st through to Friday 4th March).

Railway replacement buses are currently in place to convey passengers from stations such as Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville, Wendover and Great Missenden, through to Amersham where a connecting London Underground service will be available into Baker Street.

Passengers may use their tickets on the following services:

• London Underground Metropolitan line between Amersham, Rickmansworth, Harrow-on-the-Hill and Baker Street
• London Northwestern Railway between Tring and London Euston
• Arriva Bus routes X9 and X90 between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough

Customers traveling from the High Wycombe / Princes Risborough areas towards Aylesbury:

Trains that normally run between Princes Risborough and Aylesbury have been cancelled. This is because the single track line has limited capacity and trains from Aylesbury to London are being diverted via Princes Risborough.

Rail replacement buses will be running all day between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough in both directions.

Valid train tickets to Aylesbury will also be accepted on the following Arriva X9 / X90 bus services.

• High Wycombe customers traveling to Aylesbury are advised to take the X9 / X90 buses from High Wycombe bus station in the Eden shopping centre.
• Princes Risborough customers traveling to Aylesbury are advised to take the X9 / X90 buses from Bus Stop C near the top of Poppy Road in Princes Risborough.

A copy of the bus timetable is available here.

Friday 1 March – Monday 4 March

Trains from Aylesbury to London Marylebone will run via the Princes Risborough / High Wycombe line and will not call at any stations from Stoke Mandeville through to Harrow-on-the-Hill (inclusive). This will apply to trains running in both directions. During the day, it is likely that a change of trains at Princes Risborough will be required.

Rail replacement buses will run between Aylesbury and Amersham.

• A rail replacement bus will run from Aylesbury to Amersham calling at Stoke Mandeville, Wendover, Great Missenden and Amersham. Upon reaching Amersham, customers should use London Underground Metropolitan Line services towards Baker Street.
• Customers traveling from Aylesbury all the way to London should take the trains diverting via the alternative route, or change at Princes Risborough.

Chiltern Railways tickets are being accepted via any reasonable route with the following rail operators:

• Transport for London (TfL) Metropolitan Line services operating between Amersham, Rickmansworth, Harrow-on-the-Hill and Baker Street stations.
• London Northwestern Railway services operating between Tring and London Euston stations.