Tilehurst railway station
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Tilehurst railway station is a railway station in the suburb of Tilehurst to the west of Reading in England. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from Reading station to Didcot and Oxford.
The station has four platforms, one on each of the fast and relief (slow) lines, although the platforms on the fast lines see little use. The platforms are linked to each other and the station entrance, on the down fast platform, by a footbridge.
The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, which opened in 1841, and was itself opened to traffic in 1882.
Unfortunately, the railway at Tilehurst was mentioned in less than glowing terms by Jerome K. Jerome in chapter 16 of 'Three Men in a Boat': "The river becomes very lovely from a little above Reading. The railway rather spoils it near Tilehurst, but from Mapledurham up to Streatley it is glorious."
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Tilehurst railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Tilehurst railway station from Multimap.com
[edit] Sources
- Waters, Lawrence (1990). Rail Centres: Reading. Ian Allan, Ltd.. ISBN 0-7110-1937-1.
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