Aldermaston railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Aldermaston


caption = The station from the footbridge, with a Network Turbo train of First Great Western passing through.
manager = First Great Western
locale = Aldermaston Wharf
borough = West Berkshire
lowusage0405 = 39,027
lowusage0506 = 46,297
lowusage0607 = 56,846
platforms = 2
years = 21 December 1847
events = Opened

Aldermaston railway station is a railway station named after the village of Aldermaston in the county of Berkshire in England. In fact the station is in the nearby settlement of Aldermaston Wharf and a good 2 miles north from Aldermaston village itself. It was opened on December 21 1847 [ [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cj.tolley/cjt-brhm.htm Basingstoke's Railway History in Maps] ] .

Description

Aldermaston station lies between the A4 road and the settlement of Aldermaston Wharf. There is a flanking platform on each side of the double track line. Each platform has its own independent road access and car park, together with a small shelter. The two platforms are also linked by a footbridge. The Newbury bound platform is flanked on its offside by a siding, used as a headshunt for access to a nearby freight facility.

History

The station was built by the Berks and Hants Railway, part of the Great Western Railway and stayed with that company after the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast although trains of the Intercity Sector passed on the Reading to Plymouth Line which uses the Berks and Hants to Westbury for some long distance services. This continued until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from Reading to Newbury and Bedwyn. Trains run hourly in both directions on Mondays to Saturdays, and on Sundays service is approx every 2 hours. Typical journey times are approximately 15 minutes to Reading and 16 minutes to Newbury. Passengers for London Paddington must normally change trains at Reading.cite web | title = Train Times - London to Westbury | publisher = First Great Western | url = http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk]

BEWARE in the evening and on weekends of bus replacements. Busses do not generally accept Bicycles [there is currently a dispute with FGW on this matter] , and only collect and drop off by the bus stops on the A4 and do not run at the same time as the train normally would. Check the station signposts for advise on bus times, www.thetrainline.co.uk or www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk before travel.

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