Bracknell railway station

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Bracknell
Location
Place Bracknell
Local authority Bracknell Forest
Operations
Station code BCE
Managed by South West Trains
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 1.684 million
2005/06 * 1.735 million
History
Key dates Opened 9 July 1856
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bracknell from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Bracknell railway station is a railway station serving the town of Bracknell in Berkshire, England. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by South West Trains. It is on the London Waterloo-Reading line.

The station was opened by the Staines and Wokingham Railway in 1856, and was taken over by the London and South Western Railway in 1878. Following re-development in 1975, the station is situated directly underneath the Bracknell Quintiles building. The station's goods sidings closed in 1969[1].

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[edit] Services

Trains operate between London Waterloo and Reading every 30 minutes, 7 days a week. On weekdays there are extra afternoon peak time trains from Reading which terminate at Ascot.

[edit] Services Nearby

Bracknell train station is situated nearby to the bus station which is only about a minutes walk from the station. There is also a taxi rank outside the station and a place for vehicles to stop and pick up passengers getting off the trains arriving at the station.

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  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Martins Heron   South West Trains
Waterloo to Reading
  Wokingham