Aylesbury Vale Parkway is on the former Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway, which formed part of the Great Central Main Line route linking London and Aylesbury with the East Midlands and North. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister announced in April 2006 that it would provide £8.17 million for track and signalling improvements to the existing line, which then was only used to carry freight. A further £2.8 million was invested by Chiltern Railways' owners Laing Rail and £1 million by Buckinghamshire County Council. Construction began in October 2007 and the rail works were completed by Carillion Rail. The station was originally not due to be completed until 2010 but actually opened on 14 December 2008 although the station building did not open until 1 June 2009. In the interim while the station buildings were being completed, tickets and facilities were provided from Portakabins.
Services and facilities
Aylesbury Vale Parkway has links to existing public transport bus services along the A41 corridor. A bus service from the station to several villages north of Aylesbury began on 15 December 2008. Other bus journeys include the Green Route 4 of the Rainbow Routes served by Redline Buses and very infrequent services to and from Bicester on the route 18 run by Langston & Tasker. The station has a taxi rank, car park, a charging point for electric vehicles and parking bays for motorcycles and pedal cycles. The off-peak train service is one departure per hour to Marylebone via. In peak periods there are up to three trains per hour to Marylebone. The journey time to Aylesbury is about four minutes.
Plans
plans to extend passenger services northwards to and Milton Keynes by 2025 using parts of the former Varsity Line. At present trains between Aylesbury and cannot serve Aylesbury Vale Parkway as there is no platform on the through route. In the East West Rail consultation it is proposed that the station would have two new through platforms and a terminating platform for terminating services to and for trains to Marylebone. The track between Aylesbury and the new station was upgraded to continuous welded rail with a maximum line speed for DMU passenger trains of. It is proposed that when services are extended to the north, trains to Marylebone will run via and not Amersham.
