Burnham railway station

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 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 transferred into the county of Berkshire when county boundaries were realigned in 1974.

Burnham
Station entrance seen in June 2022
Burnham Location of Burnham in Berkshire
Location	Burnham
Local authority	Slough
Grid reference	SU940813
Managed by	Elizabeth line
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	BNM
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2 (facing 4 tracks)
Accessible	Yes[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.408 million[2]
2020–21	0.388 million[2]
2021–22	0.919 million[2]
2022–23	1.258 million[2]
2023–24	1.566 million[2]
Railway companies
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 July 1899 (1899-07-01)	Opened as Burnham Beeches
2 April 1917	Closed
3 March 1919	Reopened
1 September 1930	Renamed Burnham (Bucks)
5 May 1975	Renamed Burnham
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.524°N 0.646°W / 51.524; -0.646
London transport portal

The station is served by local services operated by the Elizabeth line. The station is on the Great Western Main Line, the original line of the Great Western Railway.

History

View eastward, towards Paddington in 1961

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 (now the Elizabeth line) 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

Off-peak, all services at Burnham are operated by the Elizabeth line using Class 345 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[7][8]

• 4 tph to Abbey Wood
• 4 tph to Maidenhead of which 2 continue to Reading

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 6 tph in each direction.

The station is also served by a small number of early morning and late evening Great Western Railway services between London Paddington and Reading.

Preceding station		Elizabeth line		Following station
Taplow towards Reading		Elizabeth line		Slough towards Abbey Wood
National Rail
Taplow		Great Western Railway Great Western Main Line Limited Service		Slough

References

1. "Burnham (Buckinghamshire) Station Plan". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
2. "Estimates of station usage". 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.
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.
5. "National Rail Enquiries - Local Area Map for Burnham (Bucks)". Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
6. "Car Parking Information from FGW Site". Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
7. Table 117 National Rail timetable, May 2023
8. "Elizabeth Line Timetable: May 2023" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

External links

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