Earley railway station

Earley
Entrance to Earley Station
Location
Place	Earley
Local authority	Wokingham
Grid reference	SU752718
Operations
Station code	EAR
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.531 million
2011/12	0.537 million
2012/13	0.575 million
2013/14	0.609 million
2014/15	0.640 million
History
Key dates	Opened November 1863 (November 1863)
Original company	South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Earley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Earley railway station (National Rail abbreviation: EAR) is a railway station in Earley in Royal Berkshire, England. It is on the Waterloo to Reading Line, and forms the last stop before the terminus of the line at Reading.

History

Earley Station in snow

A 1909 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Reading.

The South Eastern Railway opened Earley station in May 1863 on the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway. The RG&RR had opened on 4 July 1849 and the SER had taken it over in 1852.

In the main approach road to the station is a terrace of three single storey cottages that were built for the SER at the same time as the station, to house railway staff and their families.

Services

South West Trains services between Reading and London Waterloo serve the station. (half-hourly off peak on weekdays & all weekend - 4 per hour during Mon-Fri peak hours).^[1] Trains on the line to Guildford and are Redhill also pass through the station but do not stop. These trains are operated by First Great Western, and occasionally Crosscountry.

References

↑ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 149

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Winnersh Triangle		South West Trains Waterloo to Reading line	Reading
	Disused railways
Winnersh Halt		Southern Railway South Eastern Railway	Reading Southern

External links

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Train times and station information for Earley railway station from National Rail

Railway stations in Berkshire

Great Western Main Line	Burnham Langley Maidenhead Pangbourne Reading Slough Tilehurst Twyford

Reading to Taunton line	Aldermaston Hungerford Kintbury Midgham Newbury Newbury Racecourse Reading Reading West Thatcham Theale

Waterloo to Reading Line	Ascot Bracknell Earley Martins Heron Reading Sunningdale Winnersh Winnersh Triangle Wokingham

North Downs Line	Crowthorne Earley Reading Sandhurst Winnersh Winnersh Triangle Wokingham

Reading to Basingstoke Line	Mortimer Reading Reading West

Staines to Windsor Line	Datchet Sunnymeads Windsor & Eton Riverside Wraysbury

Slough to Windsor & Eton Line	Slough Windsor & Eton Central

Henley Branch Line	Twyford Wargrave

Marlow Branch Line	Cookham Furze Platt Maidenhead

South West Trains routes

Main line routes serving this station

None

Suburban and non-main line routes serving this station

Waterloo to Reading	London Waterloo Vauxhall Clapham Junction Putney Richmond Twickenham Whitton Feltham Ashford Staines Egham Virginia Water Longcross Sunningdale Ascot Martins Heron Bracknell Wokingham Winnersh Winnersh Triangle Earley Reading

Island Line Trains routes serving this station

None

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

Stagecoach Group - South West Trains - Island Line Trains - National Rail - Southern - CrossCountry - Great Western Railway

Coordinates: 51°26′28″N 0°55′05″W / 51.441°N 0.918°W / 51.441; -0.918

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