Midgham railway station

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Midgham

Midgham Station, looking east.

Location

Place

Woolhampton/Midgham

Local authority

West Berkshire

Operations

Managed by

First Great Western

Platforms in use

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

24,515

2005/06 *

25,372

History

December 21, 1847

Opened
(as Woolhampton)

March 1, 1873

Renamed

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

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The station looking to the west from the level crossing

Midgham railway station is a railway station named after the village of Midgham in the county of Berkshire in England. In fact the station is in the nearby valley bottom village of Woolhampton and some distance downhill from Midgham village itself. According to local legend, the name Midgham was used in preference to Woolhampton in order to avoid possible confusion with the much larger Wolverhampton railway station. Originally, when it opened on December 21, 1847 the station was in fact named Woolhampton, however on March 1, 1873 it was renamed to Midgham. ^[1]

1 Description
2 Services
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Description

Midgham station lies close to the centre of Woolhampton village, on an unclassified road just south of its junction with the A4 road. There are two flanking platforms on each side of the double track line. The Reading bound platform has a small shelter and a small car park. The unclassified road crosses the railway line at the eastern end of the station by means of a level crossing, and this crossing also provides the only access between the platforms.

[edit] 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, but there is no Sunday service. Typical journey times are approximately 12 minutes to Newbury and 20 minutes to Reading. Passengers for London Paddington must normally change trains at Reading.^[2]