1. History

2. Services

3. Cultural use

4. References

5. External links

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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 {{rws|Seer Green and Jordans}} and {{rws|High Wycombe}} stations. It is served by Chiltern Railways.

History

The station was opened on 2 April 1906 as part of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway. The station layout was four tracks, with two through lines and two platform lines.^[1] British Rail removed the through lines early in 1974.^[2]

As part of Chiltern Railways' Project Evergreen 2 the platform lines were upgraded to increase the line speed for through trains from {{convert|40|mph|abbr=on}} to {{convert|75|mph|abbr=on}}.^[3]

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

In October 2007 work began on installing ticket barriers, which became operational on 10 March 2008.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}

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|date=July 2012}}

Services

All trains are operated by Chiltern Railways. The current off-peak services are:^[4]{{fv|date=October 2018}}

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

During the peak periods there are additional trains to other destinations, including {{rws|Oxford}}, {{rws|Birmingham Snow Hill}} and {{rws|Stratford-Upon-Avon}}.^[5]{{fv|date=October 2018}}

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.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}

References

• {{cite book |last1=Butler |first1=P |last2=Crane |first2=H |last3=Scott-Taggart |first3=E |last4=Thompson |first4=K |year=2006 |title=The Coming of the Railway to Beaconsfield |location= |publisher=Beaconsfield and District Historical Society |volume=9 |pages=40 |isbn= |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |last=Jenkins |first=K |year=1978 |title=The Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway |location= |publisher=The Oakwood Press |volume=OL46 |isbn=0-85361-238-2 |ref=harv}}

External links

• Chiltern Railways

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