Datchet railway station

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Datchet

Datchet railway station, viewed from the footbridge.

Location

Place

Datchet

Local authority

Windsor and Maidenhead

Operations

Station code

DAT

Managed by

South West Trains

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.253 million

2005/06 *

0.255 million

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Datchet from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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The level crossings, also viewed from the footbridge.

Datchet railway station is a railway station serving the village of Datchet in Berkshire, England. The station is located on the line between Windsor and Eton Riverside and London Waterloo, which lies 38 km (24 miles) to the west.

The station has two side platforms linked by a pedestrian footbridge, and the principal station buildings are to be found on the London bound platform. The station has a central location within Datchet village, and two level crossings cross the line immediately to the west of the station. The presence of these crossings, which carry both road routes from the village to the nearby town of Windsor, can cause traffic delays in the village.

[edit] History

The Windsor, Staines & South Western railway was authorised to build a railway line to Windsor in 1847, however Datchet was the temporary terminus after the line was opened from Richmond on August 22 1848. The finally completed route over the River Thames was opened on December 1st 1849.

The original station had goods facilities on both up and down sides but these were eventually closed by January 17th 1965. This area is now a car park on the down side and industrial units on the up side. The large goods shed next to the station master's house was also demolished in the early 1990's. The up side station building was burnt down in a fire in September 1986 but was rebuilt in a more basic style coupled with flats above it. The station masters house survived and is the only surviving structure left.

The down side wooden building has also been lost as well. Datchet had a manual signal box which also worked the manual level crossing gates, this and Mays crossing box closed in December 1974 when control has taken over by Feltham power box, this led to the replacement of the manual barriers with the lifting ones we have today.

On a more positive note the ticket office is now open Monday-Friday between 06:15 and 13:05 & Saturday from 07:55 to 14:45 whereas previously it was weekdays peak hours only. In recent years the platforms have been raised and more modern lighting erected.

[edit] Services

The station is served by the stopping service between Windsor & Eton Riverside and London Waterloo, operated by South West Trains. There are generally two trains per hour, taking some 6 minutes to reach Windsor & Eton Riverside, and just under an hour to reach Waterloo.^[1]