Beaconsfield railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Beaconsfield

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manager = Chiltern Railways
locale = Beaconsfield
borough = South Bucks
usage0405 = 1.086
usage0506 = 0.982
usage0607 = 1.128
platforms = 2
code = BCF
start = 1906

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.

ervices

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)

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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

External links

* [http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/ Chiltern Railways]