Pangbourne railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Pangbourne


caption = Station buildings from access road
manager = First Great Western
locale = Pangbourne
borough = West Berkshire
usage0405 = 0.358
usage0506 = 0.354
usage0607 = 0.379
platforms = 2
start = 1841

Pangbourne railway station is a railway station serving the small town 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.

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.cite web | url = http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=3 | title = Train Times | publisher = First Great Western | accessdate = April 12 | accessyear = 2007]

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References

External links

* [http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=PAN Train times] and [http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/PAN.html station information] , from National Rail