Theale railway station

Theale
Location
Place	Theale
Local authority	West Berkshire
Coordinates	51°25′59″N 1°04′30″W / 51.433°N 1.075°WCoordinates: 51°25′59″N 1°04′30″W / 51.433°N 1.075°W
Grid reference	SU644708
Operations
Station code	THE
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	0.431 million
2010/11	0.445 million
2011/12	0.445 million
2012/13	0.472 million
2013/14	0.467 million
History
Key dates	Opened 21 December 1847
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Theale from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Theale railway station is a railway station in the village of Theale, Berkshire England. The station is served by Great Western Railway local services between Reading and Newbury, a few semi-fast peak services between Bedwyn and London Paddington and a limited semi-fast FGW service between London Paddington and Westbury, Taunton, Frome, Penzance and Exeter St Davids.

Theale has three platforms, numbered 3, 1, 2 from north to south. Eastbound trains use odd-numbered platforms, and westbound trains use even-numbered platforms. Generally, local trains stop at platform 1, the central island platform, with express trains passing through platform 3.

The railway station was opened on 21 December 1847.^[1]

References

1. "Basingstoke Railway History in Maps". Christopher Tolley. 2001. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

External links

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