Beckersbury

Beckersbury
Beckersbury is a suburb of the city of Tinchester.

Beckersbury is a town on the outer boundary of Greater Tinchester. It is officially part of the city's population, with the town housing approximately fifteen thousand residents.

History
Beckersbury is a relatively old settlement, with many sources claiming Beckersbury was founded only shortly after Tinchester. Since the early 1900s, the town slowly grew until 1995, where it reached the peak of its population at over 23,000. Since then, with the increasing development of Tinchester and nearby towns including Harlington and Shareham, many moved to larger areas. Beckersbury's population has remained roughly the same since 2003.

Transport
Beckersbury station was built in 2004 along with Beckersbury West (a separate village) and Kingersfield stations. The station serves a fairly major purpose on the Tinchester-Tonmouth mainline, and has many regular services.

Beckersbury also serves as a temporary bay for slower services, as well as having a small siding for terminating services.

Beckersbury has four platforms:

Platform 1 is for most stopping services towards Tonmouth, and is also used for one of the shuttle services between Beckersbury and Tinchester City Centre.

Platforms 2 and 3 are the main through platforms - most trains don't stop at these platforms, though northbound services typically stop on platform 3 more often than southbound trains going through platform 2.

Platform 4 is the least used, and the only regular time it is served by a train is for one of the City Centre-Beckersbury shuttles. Occasionally, a semi-fast service will stop here if there's a faster service behind it, such as the Tonmouth-Stoneham service.

The typical off-peak service provides:

6tph(trains per hour) to Tonmouth 4tph to Tinchester West
 * 3 calling at Wessingham only
 * 2 calling at Wessingham and Upton
 * 1 calling at Beckersbury West, Kingersfield, Wessingham and Upton

2tph to Tinchester South

2tph to Tinchester City Centre, calling at Tinchester West. (Shuttle services)

As for through-trains, there are typically two per hour each direction that don't stop at Beckersbury, and both of these are Shockstead/Stoneham services. In rush hour, there's also two additional non-stoppers southbound, and one northbound, to/from Colby via Ashton.

As of August 2018, there is no regular service to Shareham from Beckersbury. Any passengers for stations beyond Tinchester or Tonmouth should change at either Tinchester's two stations or Tonmouth. Passengers should change at Wessingham for services to Medding, Barley, Harlington, and the Tonne Hills line stations.