Tring railway station is 1.5 miles outside the small town of Tring

Tring

Tring is a small market town and also a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England. Situated north-west of London and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston Station, Tring is now largely a...

, close to the Grand Union Canal

Grand Union Canal

The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. Its main line connects London and Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles with 166 locks...

 and actually nearer the village of Aldbury

Aldbury

Aldbury is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, near the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, in a valley close to Ashridge Park. The nearest town is Tring; Tring railway station, 1 mile west, is in the parish of Aldbury...

 in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

, England

England

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. The former Royal Station Hotel and Restaurant has been converted into residential accommodation and beyond that is a small collection of houses, some modern, including a terrace of former LNWR railway cottages. Situated on the West Coast Main Line

West Coast Main Line

The West Coast Main Line is the busiest mixed-traffic railway route in Britain, being the country's most important rail backbone in terms of population served. Fast, long-distance inter-city passenger services are provided between London, the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the...

, the station is now an important marshalling point for commuter trains from here for all stations to London Euston, although no long-distance Virgin

Virgin Trains

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 services stop here.

There are five full length (12-car) platforms, with one side platform and two islands. To the east of the station are some south facing sidings connecting to the slow lines.

Services

The typical off-peak services in each direction are:

Mondays-Saturdays

• 3 trains per hour to London Euston
  Euston railway station
  Euston railway station, also known as London Euston, is a central London railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden. It is the sixth busiest rail terminal in London . It is one of 18 railway stations managed by Network Rail, and is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line...
  
  , of which:
  • 1 is fast, calling at Berkhamsted
    Berkhamsted railway station
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    , Hemel Hempstead
    Hemel Hempstead railway station
    Hemel Hempstead railway station is on the West Coast Main Line, on the western edge of the town of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. The station is 39 km north-west of London Euston on the West Coast Main Line...
    
     and Watford Junction
    Watford Junction railway station
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     only;
  • 2 are slower and call at Berkhamsted, Hemel Hempstead, Apsley
    Apsley railway station
    Apsley railway station is in Apsley, on the southern outskirts of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.The station is north west of London Euston on the West Coast Main Line...
    
    , Kings Langley
    Kings Langley railway station
    Kings Langley railway station is just under the M25 motorway at Junction 20. It serves the village of Kings Langley, and the nearby villages of Abbots Langley and Hunton Bridge. The station is 34 km north west of London Euston on the West Coast Main Line...
    
    , Watford Junction, Bushey
    Bushey railway station
    Bushey railway station serves the towns of Bushey and Oxhey and is situated on the Watford DC Line, north of Harrow & Wealdstone. The station was renamed from "Bushey & Oxhey" to "Bushey" on 6 May 1974, even though it is actually sited in the neighbouring town of Oxhey, and the nearest part of...
    
     and Harrow and Wealdstone
    Harrow and Wealdstone station
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    ;
• 2 trains per hour to Milton Keynes Central
  Milton Keynes Central railway station
  Milton Keynes Central railway station serves Central Milton Keynes and the surrounding area of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. The station is located on the West Coast Main Line between the stations of Bletchley and Wolverton, both of which are also within Milton Keynes. The station is served by...
  
  , calling at Cheddington
  Cheddington railway station
  Cheddington railway station serves the village of Cheddington, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England. It also serves a number of surrounding villages, most notably Ivinghoe. The station is 58 km/36 miles north west of London Euston on the West Coast Main Line. It is operated by London Midland,...
  
  , Leighton Buzzard
  Leighton Buzzard railway station
  Leighton Buzzard railway station serves the Leighton Buzzard and Linslade area of Bedfordshire and nearby parts of Buckinghamshire. Actually situated in Linslade, the station is north west of London Euston and is served by London Midland local services from Northampton to London on the West Coast...
  
   and Bletchley
  Bletchley railway station
  Bletchley is a railway station that serves the southern districts of Milton Keynes , and the north-eastern parts of the Buckinghamshire district of Aylesbury Vale....
  
  . The other service stops at the same stations but misses Cheddington.
• 1 train per hour to South Croydon
  South Croydon railway station
  South Croydon railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, in Travelcard Zone 5. It is on the Brighton Line at its junction with the Oxted Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern.-History:...
  
  , calling at Berkhamsted, Hemel Hempstead, Watford Junction, Harrow and Wealdstone, Shepherd's Bush
  Shepherd's Bush railway station
  Shepherd's Bush station is a railway station located in the district of Shepherd's Bush in west London, England, UK. It opened in 2008 on the West London Line and is served by London Overground and Southern rail services...
  
  , Kensington Olympia, West Brompton
  West Brompton station
  West Brompton is a Network Rail West London Line and London Underground District Line station in west London. It is located on Old Brompton Road immediately south of Earls Court Exhibition Centre and to the west of Brompton Cemetery....
  
  , Imperial Wharf
  Imperial Wharf railway station
  Imperial Wharf is a railway station in Fulham, near to the boundary with Chelsea in west London on the West London Line. The station is between and stations and services are provided by London Overground and Southern....
  
  , Clapham Junction
  Clapham Junction railway station
  Clapham Junction railway station is near St John's Hill in the south-west of Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Although it is in Battersea, the area around the station is commonly identified as Clapham Junction....
  
  , then all stations to South Croydon via East Croydon
  East Croydon station
  East Croydon station is a railway station and tram stop in Croydon, 10.35 miles south of London Bridge in Travelcard Zone 5. It is the largest and busiest station in Croydon and the busiest in London outside Travelcard Zone 1 in terms of the number of passengers entering and exiting...
  
  .

Sundays

• 2 trains per hour to Euston, one calls at Berkhamsted, Hemel Hempstead, Watford Junction and Harrow and Wealdstone, whilst the other service is the same but stops additionally at Apsley, Kings Langley and Bushey.
• 1 train per hour to Milton Keynes Central, calling at Cheddington, Leighton Buzzard and Bletchley.

Metropolitan railway

Tring station was the original intended destination of the then Metropolitan railway, (now Transport for London's Metropolitan Line

Metropolitan Line

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), of which only the small section from Chalfont and Latimer to Chesham

Chesham tube station

Chesham lies at the end of the Metropolitan Line Chesham branch, and opened on 8 July 1889 as the original northern terminus of the Metropolitan Railway from . The station is a Grade II listed building. There is no station starter signal at Chesham. The branch has no intermediate stations...

 was built before the route was changed to go via Amersham instead.

Services