Burnham railway station

Burnham railway station is a railway station serving Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, 20 miles 77 chains (33.7 km) from London Paddington and situated between Slough to the east and Taplow to the west. The station is in Haymill, a ward of western Slough, about half a mile to the south of Burnham proper. Originally in Buckinghamshire, the station moved into the county of Berkshire when county boundaries were realigned in 1974.

This article is about the station serving Burnham, Buckinghamshire. For the station serving Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, see Highbridge and Burnham railway station. For the station serving Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, see Burnham-on-Crouch railway station.

Burnham
Burnham
Location of Burnham in Berkshire
LocationHaymill
Local authorityBorough of Slough
Grid referenceSU940813
Managed byTfL Rail
Station codeBNM
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2015–16 1.297 million[2]
2016–17 1.318 million[2]
2017–18 1.260 million[2]
2018–19 1.397 million[2]
2019–20 1.408 million[2]
Railway companies
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 July 1899 (1899-07-01)Opened as Burnham Beeches
2 April 1917Closed
3 March 1919Reopened
1 September 1930Renamed Burnham (Bucks)
5 May 1975Renamed Burnham
Other information
External links
WGS8451.524°N 0.646°W / 51.524; -0.646
 London transport portal
View eastward, towards Paddington in 1961

The station is served by local services operated by TfL Rail and Great Western Railway. The station is on the Great Western Main Line, the original line of the Great Western Railway. On opening on 1 July 1899, the station was named Burnham Beeches, becoming Burnham (Bucks) from 1 September 1930 to 5 May 1975, and then purely Burnham,[3] although National Rail variously refers to the station as Burnham (Bucks) and Burnham (Berks). The station was closed as a First World War economy measure from 2 April 1917 to 3 March 1919.[3][4]

In preparation for the introduction of Elizabeth line services, the operation of the station was transferred to TfL Rail on behalf of Transport for London at the end of 2017.

Location

The station is situated about half a mile south of Burnham Village and around a mile north of the village of Cippenham and is the closest station to Slough Trading Estate.[5]

Facilities

Burnham Railway Station has a fully staffed ticketing office which is open 7 days a week. There are three self-service ticket machines, two at the station entrance and one on the platform. The machines accept cash, debit and credit cards.

The station has a waiting room which is open during ticket office opening hours. Seating is also available under canopies on each platform.

Car parking facilities are around 100 metres away, in a car park operated by APCOA. Parking permits are sold to ticket holders individually from the station, or season ticket holders may purchase tickets from APCOA. [6]

Services

Since December 2019, Burnham Station is served by TfL Rail Class 345 trains towards London Paddington and Reading.

Burnham has an island platform – platform 1 has services to Reading and platform 2 has services to London Paddington. Service frequency is four TfL trains per hour in each direction during weekday peak times, two per hour at other times. A few additional services are operated by Great Western Railway.

Unusually for a station on the Great Western Main Line, Burnham was built with platforms that serve only the relief lines, which makes it vulnerable to losing services when engineering work closes the relief lines and leaves trains only on the main lines. Consequently, the station is frequently served by a replacement bus service at night.

References
  1. "Burnham (Buckinghamshire) Station Plan". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 49. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Mitchell, Victor E.; Smith, Keith (November 2000). Western Main Lines: Slough to Newbury. Midhurst: Middleton Press. map VI, photographs 14, 15, 16 and captions. ISBN 1-901706-56-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Car Parking Information from FGW Site". Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
Preceding station   Crossrail   Following station
Taplow   TfL Rail
Paddington - Reading		   Slough
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