Theale railway station
Theale railway station serves the village of Theale, Berkshire, England. It is 41 miles 22 chains (66.43 km) measured from London Paddington.
Theale | |
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Location | |
Place | Theale |
Local authority | West Berkshire |
Coordinates | 51.433°N 1.075°W |
Grid reference | SU644708 |
Operations | |
Station code | THE |
Managed by | Great Western Railway |
Number of platforms | 3 |
DfT category | E |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
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History | |
Key dates | Opened 21 December 1847 |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
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The station is served by Great Western Railway local services between Reading and Newbury, limited semi-fast peak services between Bedwyn and London and a limited semi-fast service between London and Westbury, Taunton, Frome, Penzance and Exeter St Davids.[1]
History
The railway station was opened on 21 December 1847, on the first portion of what would become the Berks and Hants Line between Reading & Hungerford.[2]
Layout
Theale has three platforms, numbered 3, 1, 2 from north to south. The station originally had just 2, with a goods loop passing behind platform 1. As part of the Reading station upgrade project, the loop was upgraded to passenger standards and a new platform (numbered as 3) added in 2011.[3] Further work to upgrade facilities at the station were announced in 2013 by Network Rail and GWR (including new lifts, a new pedestrian entrance & accessible footbridge, extra car parking and a new ticket office), but the £2.9 million project has been delayed several times and is currently (summer 2016) running more than three years behind schedule.[4]
Services
The typical off-peak service at the station in trains per hour is:
- 1 tph to London Paddington
- 1 tph to Reading
- 1 tph to Newbury
- 1 tph to Bedwyn
Preceding station | Following station | |||
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Great Western Railway |
References
- Table 116 & 135 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- "Basingstoke Railway History in Maps". Christopher Tolley. 2001. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- "Praise from Network Rail - new Theale station platform"Crouch Waterfall news release; Retrieved 6 October 2016
- "Frustration over delays to Theale station work" Herring, John Newbury Today news article 6 June 2016; Retrieved 6 October 2016
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Theale railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Theale railway station from National Rail