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Saunderton  | |||||
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 Saunderton station in May 2009 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Saunderton,Buckinghamshire England | ||||
| Grid reference | SU813981 | ||||
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SDR | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 July 1901 | ||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | GW & GC Joint | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  48,422 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 11,092 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  42,708 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 65,282 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 91,288 | ||||
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Saunderton railway station is arailway station on theA4010 road betweenHigh Wycombe andPrinces Risborough, inBuckinghamshire, England. It is located near the villages ofBledlow Ridge andBradenham, and lies on theChiltern Main Line betweenHigh Wycombe andPrinces Risborough stations.
Confusingly, the nucleus of the village ofSaunderton, 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 nearbyPrinces 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.
The station was opened on 1 July 1901.[1]
In March 1913Suffragettes 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 theWestern Region of British Rail to theLondon Midland Region on 24 March 1974.[2]
All services are provided byChiltern Railways. The typical Monday - Friday off-peak service consists of:
| 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 | ||
The station is unstaffed. There is a (card only) ticket vending machine on the "down" (northbound) platform.
There is anEdwardian 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.
