Saunderton railway station

Saunderton railway station is a railway station on the A4010 road between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located near the villages of Bledlow Ridge and Bradenham, and lies on the Chiltern Main Line between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough stations.

Saunderton
Saunderton station
Location
PlaceSaunderton
Local authorityBuckinghamshire
Grid referenceSU813981
Operations
Station codeSDR
Managed byChiltern Railways
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 58,978
2015/16 62,700
2016/17 59,202
2017/18 56,126
2018/19 53,096
History
Key datesOpened 1 July 1901 (1 July 1901)
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western and Great Central Joint Railway
Post-groupingGW & GC Joint
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saunderton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Confusingly, the nucleus of the village of Saunderton, after which the station is named, is about 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the station and is in fact much closer to the nearby Princes Risborough station. The hamlet immediately around the station is also known locally as Saunderton and is indicated as such on nearby road signs, but it is not named on maps.

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.

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
  • 1 train per hour to Aylesbury
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 is a (card only) ticket vending 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
  1. Jenkins, p. 49
  2. 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.
  • Slater, J.N., ed. (May 1974). "Notes and News: Transfer of Marylebone-Banbury services". Railway Magazine. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. 120 (877). ISSN 0033-8923.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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