Pangbourne railway station

Pangbourne
Station buildings from access road
Location
Place	Pangbourne
Local authority	District of West Berkshire
Coordinates	51°29′07″N 1°05′24″W / 51.4853°N 1.09°WCoordinates: 51°29′07″N 1°05′24″W / 51.4853°N 1.09°W
Grid reference	SU632766
Operations
Station code	PAN
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2009/10	0.391 million
2010/11	0.405 million
2011/12	0.414 million
2012/13	0.409 million
2013/14	0.424 million
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
1 June 1840	Station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pangbourne from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 Great Western Railway.

History

The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, which was opened in stages: the portion between Reading and Steventon opened on 1 June 1840, and Pangbourne was the first station out of Reading.^[1][2]

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. 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 Great Western Railway 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. Certain Oxford trains are extended to/from Banbury on weekdays & Saturdays.^[3]

References

1. MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. p. 102.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 180. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. Table 16 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

• Train times and station information, from National Rail