Newbury railway station
Railway station in the town of Newbury, Berkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Newbury railway station is located in the centre of the market town of Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. The station is 53 miles 6 chains (53.08 mi; 85.4 km) from the zero point at London Paddington.[1] It is served by stopping services between Reading and Newbury and Bedwyn, and by faster services between London Paddington and Exeter St Davids and other parts of Devon and Cornwall. All train services at the station are operated by the Great Western Railway.
General information | |||||
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Location | Newbury, West Berkshire England | ||||
Coordinates | 51.398°N 1.323°W / 51.398; -1.323 | ||||
Grid reference | SU471667 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | NBY | ||||
Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Berks and Hants Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
21 December 1847 | Opened | ||||
1881 | DN&SR opened | ||||
1885 | DN&SR Winchester opened | ||||
1898 | LVR opened | ||||
1908–1910 | Rebuilt | ||||
4 January 1960 | LVR closed | ||||
May 1964 | DN&SR closed | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 1.665 million | ||||
Interchange | 42,283 | ||||
2019/20 | 1.820 million | ||||
Interchange | 38,702 | ||||
2020/21 | 0.308 million | ||||
Interchange | 5,327 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.998 million | ||||
Interchange | 20,844 | ||||
2022/23 | 1.208 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.112 million | ||||
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The station was once a junction with the now-defunct north–south Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway. It was also the junction for the also defunct Lambourn Valley Railway.