Bracknell railway station
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Bracknell | |||
Location | |||
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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 | ||
National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
* 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.
[edit] References
- ^ The Coming of Railways. Bracknell Forest Borough Council (1999). Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Bracknell railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Martins Heron | South West Trains Waterloo to Reading |
Wokingham |