Beaconsfield railway station
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Beaconsfield | |||
Location | |||
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Place | Beaconsfield | ||
Local authority | South Bucks | ||
Operations | |||
Station code | BCF | ||
Managed by | Chiltern Railways | ||
Platforms in use | 2 | ||
Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
2004/05 * | 1.086 million | ||
2005/06 * | 0.982 million | ||
History | |||
Key dates | Opened 1906 | ||
National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Beaconsfield from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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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. There is a taxi cab company based at the station.
[edit] Services
The typical Monday-Friday off peak service from Beaconsfield is:
- 4 trains per hour (tph) to London Marylebone, of which:
- 2 call at Gerrards Cross only
- 1 calls at Seer Green and Jordans, Gerrards Cross, Denham Golf Club, Denham, West Ruislip, Northolt Park and Wembley Stadium
- 1 calls at Seer Green and Jordans, Gerrards Cross, Denham, South Ruislip, Northolt Park, Sudbury Hill Harrow and Wembley Stadium
- 2 tph to High Wycombe
- 1 tph to Princes Risborough, calling at High Wycombe and Saunderton, which extends to Bicester North every two hours (calling at Haddenham and Thame Parkway)
- 1 tph to Bicester North, calling at High Wycombe, Princes Risborough and Haddenham and Thame Parkway, which extends to Stratford-upon-Avon every two hours (calling at Kings Sutton, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Hatton, Claverdon and Bearley)
[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
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Beaconsfield railway station from National Rail
- Chiltern Railways
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Seer Green & Jordans | Chiltern Railways London-Birmingham |
High Wycombe |