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Pangbourne railway station

 
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Pangbourne
Pangbourne railway station 1.JPG
Station buildings from access road
Location
Place Pangbourne
Local authority West Berkshire
Grid reference SU632766
Operations
Managed by First Great Western
Platforms in use 2
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 0.358 million
2005/06 * 0.354 million
2006/07 * 0.379 million
2007/08 * 0.393 million
History
Opened 1841 (1841)
History
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping GWR
Post-grouping GWR
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pangbourne from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
Platforms; note fast lines passing behind platform 1

Pangbourne railway station is a railway station serving the village of Pangbourne in the county of Berkshire, and across the River Thames the village of Whitchurch-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western.

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History

The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, which opened in 1841.

Description

Pangbourne station is located close to the village centre, with main station buildings on the opposite side of the railway to the village. It has two platforms, one on each of the relief (slow) lines, whilst the fast lines pass behind the station. The platforms are linked to each other and the station entrance, on the up relief platform, by a pedestrian underpass.

Originally the station also had platforms on the main (fast) lines and some signs of their previous existence are still visible adjacent to platform 1. A consequence of their removal is that when the relief lines are closed for engineering work, local stopping services cannot call at Pangbourne, and a replacement bus service is required.

Services

Pangbourne station is served by stopping services run by First Great Western between Reading and Oxford. Most of these services start or continue as semi-fast services between Reading and London Paddington, and run twice an hour throughout most of the day, but only hourly on Sundays. Typical journey times are approximately 10 minutes to Reading, 30 minutes to Oxford, and one hour to Paddington. As a result, a faster journey to London can often be achieved by means of a change at Reading.[1]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Tilehurst   First Great Western
Commuter services
Great Western Main Line
  Goring & Streatley

References

  1. ^ "Train Times". First Great Western. http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=3. Retrieved April 12, 2007. 

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Coordinates: 51°29′07.08″N 1°05′24.00″W / 51.4853°N 1.09°W / 51.4853; -1.09



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