Saunderton railway station

Saunderton
Saunderton station
Location
Place	Saunderton
Local authority	Wycombe district
Grid reference	SU813981
Operations
Station code	SDR
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	49,397
2004/05	42,288
2005/06	43,381
2006/07	54,490
2007/08	59,514
2008/09	53,516
2009/10	48,826
2010/11	51,080
2011/12	55,544
History
Opened 1 July 1901 (1 July 1901)
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
Post-grouping	GW & GC Joint
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saunderton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Saunderton railway station is a railway station on the A4010 road between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is near the villages of Bledlow Ridge and Bradenham. Confusingly, the station is about 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the village of Saunderton after which it is named. The hamlet immediately around the station is also known locally as Saunderton, but is not named on maps.

The station is on the Chiltern Main Line between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough stations.

History

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Saunderton

The station was opened on 1 July 1901.^[1]

In March 1913 Suffragettes attacked Saunderton station, burning down the main building. Placards reading "Votes for Women" and "Burning to get the Vote" were left on the platform. They may have chosen Saunderton Station because it is near Benjamin Disraeli's birthplace at Bradenham Manor.^{[citation needed]}

The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Rail to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974.^[2]

Services

All services are provided by Chiltern Railways. The typical Monday - Friday off-peak service consists of:

• 1 train per hour to London Marylebone, calling at High Wycombe, Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross, taking 44 minutes.
• 1 train per hour to Princes Risborough, taking 9 minutes.
  • This journey is extended to Bicester North every two hours, calling at Haddenham and Thame Parkway, taking 30 minutes.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Princes Risborough		Chiltern Railways London - Birmingham		High Wycombe
	Historical railways
Princes Risborough Line open, station open		Great Western Railway London - Birmingham		West Wycombe Line open, station closed

Facilities

Saunderton station in 2005

The station is unstaffed. There are a (card only) ticket vending machine and a permit to travel ticket machine on the "down" (northbound) platform.

There is an Edwardian waiting room on the "up" (southbound) platform. It contains local information boards and is usually unlocked and locked by local residents for the weekday morning peak-time train services.

Saunderton station in 2004

Notes

References

• Jenkins, Stanley C. (1978). The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Blandford: The Oakwood Press. 
• Slater, J.N., ed. (May 1974). "Notes and News: Transfer of Marylebone-Banbury services". Railway Magazine (London: IPC Transport Press Ltd) 120 (877). ISSN 0033-8923. 

External links

• Train times and station information for Saunderton railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 51°40′34″N 0°49′30″W / 51.676°N 0.825°W / 51.676; -0.825