Beaconsfield railway station

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Beaconsfield
Location
Place	Beaconsfield
Local authority	South Bucks
Operations
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit 02/03	0.996 million *
History
Key dates	Opened 1906
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Beaconsfield railway station is the railway station of the town of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. The station is served by Chiltern Railways trains from Marylebone towards High Wycombe and Birmingham Snow Hill and is situated between Seer Green & Jordans and High Wycombe stations.

The station was built as part of the construction of the GWR/GCR joint line and opened in 1906. The original station layout was four track, with two through roads and two platform roads, but the through roads have since been removed and trains now use the platform tracks. Recently, as part of Chiltern's Project Evergreen 2 the platform roads were upgraded to increase the linespeed for through trains from 40mph to 75mph.

[edit] References

Butler, P., Crane, H., Scott-Taggart, E. and Thompson, K., (2006), The Coming of the Railway to Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield & District Historical Society, Publ. No. 9, 40 pp.
Jenkins, K., (1978), The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway, The Oakwood Press, No. OL46, ISBN 0-85361-238-2