Saunderton railway station

Saunderton
Saunderton
Location
Place	Saunderton
Local authority	Wycombe district
Grid reference	SU813981
Operations
Station code	SDR
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	49,397
2004/05 *	42,288
2005/06 *	43,381
2006/07 *	54,490
2007/08 *	59,514
2008/09 *	53,516
2009/10 *	48,826
History
Opened 1 July 1901 (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
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saunderton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Saunderton railway station is a rural National Rail station located on the A4010 between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough, in Buckinghamshire. The station is located some two and a half miles south of the original village of Saunderton and close to the villages of Bledlow Ridge and Bradenham. Confusingly, the settlement immediately around the station is also known locally as Saunderton, but is not named on maps.

History

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Saunderton

The station first opened on 1 July 1901, and is situated between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough stations.

Saunderton Station was the Target of Suffragettes in March 1913 - they burnt the main station building down in protest. Placards reading "Votes for Women" and "Burning to get the Vote" were left on the platform. It is thought Saunderton was the target due to its proximity to Benjamin Disraeli's birthplace nearby 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.

Services

All services are provided by Chiltern Railways. The typical Monday-Friday off peak service consists of:

• 1 train per hour (tph) to London Marylebone, calling at High Wycombe, Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross, taking 44 minutes.
• 1tph 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

A (card only) Ticket Vending Machine and a PERTIS (permit to travel) ticket machine are each located on the northbound platform at this unstaffed station.

There is an Edwardian waiting room on the southbound, containing local information boards, which is usually unlocked and locked by local residents for the weekday morning peak-time train services.

Gallery

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  Saunderton station in 2005

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  Saunderton station in 2004

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. 

External links

• Train times and station information for Saunderton railway station from National Rail