Princes Risborough railway station
Princes Risborough 
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Princes Risborough Station.
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| Location | |
| Place | Princes Risborough |
| Local authority | District of Wycombe |
| Grid reference | SP799027 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PRR |
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.495 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.547 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.569 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.589 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.582 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Wycombe Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | GW & GC Joint |
| 1 August 1862 | Opened |
| 15 August 1872 | Services to Watlington begin |
| 2 April 1906 | Through services along GW&GCJR begin |
| 1957 | Services to Watlington withdrawn |
| 1963 | Services to Oxford withdrawn |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Princes Risborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Princes Risborough station is a railway station on the Chiltern Main Line that serves the town of Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire, England. It is operated by Chiltern Railways.
At one period there were four different railway routes from the northern end of Princes Risborough station, although there has only ever been one to the south.
The first railway to reach Princes Risborough was the Wycombe Railway, which opened its Oxford extension from High Wycombe as far as Thame on 1 August 1862. There were three intermediate stations on this section: West Wycombe, Princes Risborough and Bledlow. The cost of construction of the station building was £1104 9s 5d and additional general costs were £824 8s 0d. The station building as built was a typical Wycombe railway design with an open porch at the right hand end on the platform elevation, the design was the same as West Wycombe, Bledlow and Wheatley, and also on the original part of the Wycombe railway Cookham, Marlow Road, Wooburn Green and Loudwater. A branch of the Wycombe Railway was opened from Princes Risborough to Aylesbury on 1 October 1863. The Wycombe Railway was worked by the Great Western Railway, and was absorbed by that railway in 1867.
The Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway opened its line on 15 August 1872; that railway became part of the GWR on 1 January 1884.
The original station building was located a few hundred yards further north than the present site. The original building was extended at the north end to provide extra office accommodation between 1870 and 1880, and a curved roof canopy covering the platform may have also been added at the same time. Further additions to the building were made between 1894 and 1896.
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