Henley-on-Thames railway station

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Henley-on-Thames
Location
Place Henley-on-Thames
Local authority South Oxfordshire
Operations
Station code HOT
Managed by First Great Western
Platforms in use 1
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.542 million
2005/06 * 0.541 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 Henley-on-Thames from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
Portal:Henley-on-Thames railway station
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Henley-on-Thames railway station is a terminal railway station in the town of Henley-on-Thames in the county of Oxfordshire in England.

The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western on the Henley Branch Line from Twyford 7 km (4¾ miles) to the south.

[edit] Service

There is an hourly daily service between Twyford and Henley-on-Thames.

Passengers for London Paddington eastbound or Reading and the West Country change at Twyford. There are through services to/from Paddington during peak hours.

[edit] History

The station was first opened by the Great Western Railway in 1857. It had three platforms, mainly to serve the intensive service for Regatta traffic, for which purpose they were lengthened in 1891. The original trainshed, and station building, which were to the north of the present station, were removed in 1975 and the site sold. The platforms were reduced to two and then the remaining one. The present building was erected in 1985 to serve the one remaining platform. The other facilties at the station included a large goods yard, which is now the car park, a goods shed, signal box and turntable. These were progressively removed in the 1960s and 70s. To the south of the station lay extensive sidings, used to stable extra trains during the regatta and at other times to store surplus coaches from as far away as Old Oak Common.


[edit] External links

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
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Henley-on-Thames branch		   Terminus