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Wolverton railway station serves northern Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, especially Stony Stratford, Wolverton and New Bradwell. The station is served by London Midland services on the West Coast Main Line. It is one of the five stations serving Milton Keynes. The others are Milton Keynes Central, Bletchley, Fenny Stratford and Bow Brickhill. The station has four platforms, but the platforms adjacent to the 'fast' lines are rarely used as the tracks are used by Virgin Trains services which do not stop at Wolverton. ==Station buildings== The first, temporary, stop (September 1838) was on the embankment above Wolverton Park.〔(Wolverton: From Aqueduct to Viaduct ) – Milton Keynes Heritage Association〕 A larger permanent station and refreshment rooms were built at a location behind what is now Glyn Square by November 1838.〔 In 1881 the main line was re-routed to the east to allow for expansion (see 'Wolverton bend' below) and a new station built.〔 The current station site has been in use since. Until 1991, a Victorian era wooden ticket office stood on the railway bridge, facing out onto Newport Road and with steps leading down to the platforms; this was actually the third location for a station in Wolverton〔(Wolverton: From Aqueduct to Viaduct ) – Milton Keynes Heritage Association. See photograph on web-page〕 The wooden station stood here for over 100 years until British Rail demolished it, allegedly as Milton Keynes Borough Council were debating making it a listed building. For many years after the wooden station building was demolished, Wolverton Railway Station was a 'temporary' shed in the car park (at track level). A new brick building to replace it was finally (and formally) opened on 21 June 2012.〔(Mayor reveals plaque at Wolverton train station ) – Milton Keynes Citizen, 28 June 2012〕 The new building is also at track level. In mid September 2012, the Transport Minister Norman Baker announced in a 'written answer' that the Government has approved London Midland's request to reduce the opening hours of the new ticket office, from the previous 06:00 12:00 to 06:15 11:00 henceforth.〔(MPs defend reduction in train ticket office opening hours ) Milton Keynes Citizen, 18 September 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wolverton railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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