Theale railway station
Theale | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | West Berkshire |
| Coordinates | 51°25′59″N 1°04′30″W / 51.433°N 1.075°W |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | THE |
| History | |
| Opened | 21 December 1847 |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Theale railway station serves the village of Theale, Berkshire, England. It is 41 miles 22 chains (41.28 miles, 66.43 km) measured from London Paddington.
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]
Eastbound trains use Platforms 1 and 3 and westbound trains use Platform 2. Generally, local trains stop at platform 1, the central island platform, with express trains passing through platform 3.[citation needed]
Services
The typical off-peak service is:
- 2 tph to Reading
- 1 tph to London Paddington
- 2 tph to Newbury
- 1 tph to Bedwyn
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading West | Great Western Railway Reading to Plymouth Line |
Thatcham | ||
| Reading | Great Western Railway Paddington to Bedwyn Local services Reading to Plymouth Line |
Thatcham | ||
| Reading West | Great Western Railway Reading to Newbury Local services Reading to Plymouth Line |
Aldermaston | ||
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
- Train times and station information for Theale railway station from National Rail
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