Beaconsfield railway station (England)

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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.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

The Monday to Friday off-peak service from Beaconsfield is:^[3]

• 3 trains per hour to London Marylebone, of which:
  • 2 call at Gerrards Cross only
  • 1 calls at Seer Green and Jordans, Gerrards Cross, Denham, West Ruislip, and Wembley Stadium
• 1 train per hour to High Wycombe
• 1 train per hour to Princes Risborough, calling at High Wycombe and Saunderton, which extends to Bicester North every two hours (calling at Haddenham and Thame Parkway)
• 1 train per hour to Bicester North, calling at High Wycombe, Princes Risborough and Haddenham and Thame Parkway.

Many additional services run during the peak hours. In the morning and evening there are direct trains to Aylesbury, Banbury and there are three trains per day to Stratford-upon-Avon. At weekends only there are direct trains to Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill; otherwise passengers can change at High Wycombe.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
High Wycombe		Chiltern Railways London - Birmingham		Seer Green and Jordans
High Wycombe		Chiltern Railways Chiltern Main Line semi-fast services		Gerrards Cross
High Wycombe		Chiltern Railways London Paddington - High Wycombe Monday-Friday Only		Seer Green and Jordans

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.^{[citation needed]}

• Butler, P; Crane, H; Scott-Taggart, E; Thompson, K (2006). The Coming of the Railway to Beaconsfield. Vol. 9. Beaconsfield and District Historical Society. p. 40. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Jenkins, K (1978). The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway. Vol. OL46. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-238-2. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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

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