Beaconsfield railway station

Beaconsfield
Location
Place	Beaconsfield
Local authority	District of South Bucks
Grid reference	SU940911
Operations
Station code	BCF
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.996 million
2004/05	1.086 million
2005/06	0.982 million
2006/07	1.128 million
2007/08	1.272 million
2008/09	1.284 million
2009/10	1.307 million
2010/11	1.320 million
2011/12	1.374 million
2012/13	1.440 million
2013/14	1.490 million
2014/15	1.558 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1906 (1906)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Beaconsfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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View eastwards towards London

Beaconsfield station, Down platform

The station in 1961

Beaconsfield railway station is a railway station in the town of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the Chiltern Main Line between Seer Green and Jordans and High Wycombe stations. It is served by Chiltern Railways.

History

The station was opened in 1906 as part of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway. The original station layout was four tracks, with two through lines and two platform lines. British Rail removed the through lines early in 1974.^[1] As part of Chiltern Railways' Project Evergreen 2 the platform lines were upgraded to increase the line speed for through trains from 40 mph (64 km/h) to 75 mph (121 km/h).^[2]

The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Rail to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974.^[1]

In October 2007 work began on installing ticket barriers, which became operational on 10 March 2008.

In the early 2000s the station car park was made into a two-storey car park. In March 2008 the upper deck was closed for work to start on adding a third storey. This opened on 1 September 2008, increasing the total parking spaces to 696.

Services

All trains are operated by Chiltern Railways. The current off-peak services are:^[3]

• 3 trains per hour to London Marylebone, of which:
  • 1 calls at Gerrards Cross only.
  • 2 call at Gerrards Cross and other intermediate stations including South Ruislip and Wembley Stadium.
• 1 train per hour to High Wycombe.
• 1 train per hour to Aylesbury.
• 1 train per hour to Banbury.

Services to destinations in the West Midlands including Birmingham Snow Hill, faster trains can be taken by changing at High Wycombe.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
High Wycombe		Chiltern Railways Chiltern Main Line		Seer Green and Jordans

Cultural use

Beaconsfield railway station is in a number of episodes of the Midsomer Murders television crime drama series, in which it portrays "Causton railway station" in the county town of Midsomer, the fictional county in which the series is set. For these appearances, temporary "Causton" station nameboards are erected but other fixtures and fittings are unaltered, and in some cases, local Beaconsfield advertisements may be seen in the background.

References

• Butler, P; Crane, H; Scott-Taggart, E; Thompson, K (2006). The Coming of the Railway to Beaconsfield 9. Beaconsfield and District Historical Society. p. 40. 
• Jenkins, K (1978). The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway OL46. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-238-2. 

External links

• Train times and station information for Beaconsfield railway station from National Rail
• Chiltern Railways

Coordinates: 51°36′40″N 0°38′38″W / 51.611°N 0.644°W / 51.611; -0.644