Little Kimble is a stop on the Aylesbury - Princes Risborough Line in Buckinghamshire between Aylesbury and Monks Risborough. It serves the villages of Little and Great Kimble.
London Marylebone bound Chiltern 165 035 arrives
Information
Type:
National Rail (Aylesbury-Princes Risborough Line)
Station code:
LTK
Opened:
1872
Platforms:
1
Little Kimble was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1872 on a line which had originally been opened by the Wycombe Railway a few years earlier. The area around the station was only sparsely populated (that hasn't really changed a great deal nowadays) but the station still had a staff of two [1].
Nowadays the station is managed by Chiltern Railways who also run all services to the station. The station usually has an hourly service between Aylesbury and London Marylebone. Some peak time services terminate/originate at Princes Risborough.
Little Kimble has always been a small station, served by steam autocoaches and in latter years diesel multiple units. However, in 1998 Little Kimble hosted the Royal Train which had bought the wives of world leaders during the G8 Summit. held in the UK that year. to a reception at the Prime Minister's official residence Chequers which is a short distance away. So, while Little Kimble has always been a small station it has been used by Hilary Clinton and Cherie Blair!
The station is unstaffed and the station building is a private residence. The only facilities are a Permit to Travel Machine, a Public Information Screen and some seats.
View down the platform towards Princes Risborough
Station frontage
A Chiltern service departs for Aylesbury
Permit to travel machine, there are no ticket purchase facilities at the station
A Chiltern 165 stands at the station
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Branch Lines to Princes Risborough (Middleton Press, 2003) Map. VII
