| Saunderton | |
| Saunderton | |
| Saunderton station | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Saunderton |
| Local authority | Wycombe district |
| Grid reference | Template:Gbmapscaled |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SDR |
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2002/03 * | 49,397 |
| 2004/05 * | decrease 42,288 |
| 2005/06 * | increase 43,381 |
| 2006/07 * | increase 54,490 |
| 2007/08 * | increase 59,514 |
| 2008/09 * | decrease 53,516 |
| History | |
| Opened 1 July 1901 | |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | GW & GC Joint |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saunderton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
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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 Template:Convert/mi 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[]
- ↑ Jenkins, p. 49
- ↑ Slater 1974, p. 248.
References[]
- Jenkins, Stanley C. (1978). The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway, The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Blandford: The Oakwood Press.
- "Notes and News: Transfer of Marylebone-Banbury services" (May 1974). Railway Magazine 120 (877). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. ISSN 0033-8923.
External links[]
- Train times and station information for Saunderton railway station from National Rail
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