Beaconsfield railway station

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Beaconsfield
Location
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
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* 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:

[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

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Seer Green & Jordans   Chiltern Railways
London-Birmingham
  High Wycombe