Shiplake railway station

Shiplake National Rail
Location
Place Shiplake
Local authority South Oxfordshire
Coordinates 51°30′40″N 0°52′59″W / 51.511°N 0.883°WCoordinates: 51°30′40″N 0°52′59″W / 51.511°N 0.883°W
Grid reference SU776797
Operations
Station code SHI
Managed by First Great Western
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03 Increase 95,651
2004/05 Decrease 86,399
2005/06 Decrease 79,345
2006/07 Decrease 73,914
2007/08 Increase 75,546
2008/09 Increase 77,684
2009/10 Decrease 74,604
2010/11 Increase 79,782
2011/12 Increase 86,932
2012/13 Increase 93,466
2013/14 Decrease 89,240
History
Key dates Opened 1 June 1857
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
1 June 1857 Twyford to Henley-on-Thames branch opened
1 June 1857 Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shiplake from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Shiplake railway station is a railway station in the village of Shiplake in Oxfordshire, England.

The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western on the Henley-on-Thames branch between Henley-on-Thames and Twyford.

Service

There is an hourly daily shuttle service between Twyford, on the Great Western Main Line, and Henley-on-Thames. There are through trains to and from London Paddington and Reading at peak times.

Off peak, passengers for London Paddington or Reading need to change at Twyford. Since summer 2006, the line has been marketed as "The Regatta Line" under an initiative by Oxfordshire County Council.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Wargrave   First Great Western
Henley-on-Thames branch		   Henley-on-Thames

Level crossing

There is a level crossing north of the station that, despite being well signalled, has been the site of a numerous accidents and near misses over the years.[1][2] The crossing had no barriers until March 2013, when Network Rail had automatic half-barriers installed.[3]

In October 2014, safety cameras described by locals as 'looking like robots' were controversially installed to monitor the crossing. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Shiplake crossing crash driver leaves hospital". Reading Post (Trinity Mirror). 18 November 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Millward, David (23 November 2011). "Safety calls at Shiplake railway crossing". Reading Post (Trinity Mirror). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "New technology helps install half barriers at Shiplake level crossing". Network Rail. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=1540246

External links

Media related to Shiplake railway station at Wikimedia Commons