Theale railway station
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.
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General information | |
Location | Theale, West Berkshire England |
Coordinates | 51.433°N 1.075°W |
Grid reference | SU644708 |
Managed by | Great Western Railway |
Platforms | 3 |
Other information | |
Station code | THE |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Opened | 21 December 1847 |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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 and Hungerford.[2]
Layout
Theale has three platforms. Platforms 1 and 2 serve the up and down main line, and platform 3 is a former goods loop upgraded to passenger standards in 2011.[3]
Plans to upgrade facilities at the station were announced in 2013 by Network Rail and GWR (including new lifts, a new pedestrian entrance and accessible footbridge, extra car parking, and a new ticket office), but the £2.9 million project has been delayed several times and by summer 2016 was running more than three years behind schedule.[4] The upgrade project was resumed in 2021.[5]
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
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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
- John Herring (6 June 2016). "Frustration over delays to Theale station work". Newbury Today. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- Charlie Masters (1 April 2021). "Theale railway station set for major upgrade". Newbury Today. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
External links

- Train times and station information for Theale railway station from National Rail