Wargrave railway station

Wargrave railway station is a railway station in the village of Wargrave in Berkshire, England. The station is on the Henley-on-Thames branch line that links the towns of Henley-on-Thames and Twyford. It is 1 mile 67 chains (3.0 km) down the line from Twyford and 32 miles 68 chains (52.9 km) measured from London Paddington.

Wargrave
Location
PlaceWargrave
Local authorityWokingham (district)
Coordinates51.498°N 0.877°W / 51.498; -0.877
Grid referenceSU780783
Operations
Station codeWGV
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 95,910
2015/16 95,646
2016/17 96,638
2017/18 90,078
2018/19 87,760
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGWR
Post-groupingGWR
1 October 1900 (1900-10-01)Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wargrave from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

It is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway, and is a ten-minute walk from Wargrave High Street.[1]

The station has a single platform, which is used by trains in both directions and is long enough to accommodate a four coach train.[2] There is a 30 space car park, but no station building other than a simple shelter. The station is unmanned, and tickets must be purchased on the train.[1]

History

When the Great Western Railway opened the Henley Branch Line on 1 June 1857, the only intermediate station was Shiplake.[3]

The Great Western Railway provided no station at Wargrave; apparently it considered Twyford station close enough. After many complaints from the villagers the GWR opened a station in 1900. At the time the line was double, so two platforms and a footbridge were provided. The line was singled again in June 1961, rendering the second platform and footbridge redundant.

The station retained its Great Western Railway building until 1988 when British Rail demolished it on the grounds that it was unsafe.

Service

In normal service, there is a regular service between Henley-on-Thames station and Twyford station. During the morning and evening peak hours, all trains call at Wargrave. However, off-peak, only every alternate service calls at Wargrave in each direction. On weekdays, trains operate every 45 mins in the morning and evening peak, reducing to hourly during the day. On weekends, trains operate hourly throughout the day. During the morning and evening rush hours some services run through to/from London Paddington station, whilst a few off-peak trains run through to/from Reading station. At other times, passengers for Paddington and Reading must change at Twyford.[4]

During the Henley Royal Regatta, held every July, a special timetable is operated with additional trains. During this period, the service pattern for Wargrave is subject to change.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Twyford   Great Western Railway
Henley-on-Thames branch		   Shiplake

References
  1. "Wargrave (WGV)". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. Yonge, John; Padgett, David (August 2010) [1989]. Bridge, Mike (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western (5th ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 3A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-6-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. p. 417.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. "Twyford to Henley-on-Thames" (PDF). First Great Western. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.


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