Pangbourne railway station

Pangbourne
Station buildings from access road
General information
Location	Pangbourne, District of West Berkshire England
Coordinates	51°29′07.08″N 1°05′24.00″W
Grid reference	SU632766
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	PAN
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1840 (1840-06-01)	Station opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.482 million
2020/21	94,750
2021/22	0.252 million
2022/23	0.321 million
2023/24	0.353 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Platforms; note fast lines passing behind platform 1

Pangbourne railway station serves the village of Pangbourne in the county of Berkshire, and across the River Thames the village of Whitchurch-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire. It is 41 miles 43 chains (66.8 km) down the line from London Paddington and is situated between Tilehurst to the east and Goring & Streatley to the west. The station is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway.

Pangbourne station is located close to the village centre, with main station buildings on the opposite side of the railway to the village. It has two platforms, one on each of the relief (slow) lines, whilst the fast lines pass behind the station. The platforms are linked to each other and the station entrance, on the up relief platform, by a pedestrian underpass.

Originally, the station also had platforms (the former 1 & 2) on the main (fast) lines; as such, the current Platforms 1 & 2 were Platforms 3 & 4 respectively. Some signs of their previous existence are still visible adjacent to (the current) Platform 1. A consequence of their removal is that when the relief lines are closed for engineering work, local stopping services cannot call at Pangbourne, and a replacement bus service is required.

History

The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, which was opened in stages: the portion between Reading and Steventon opened on 1 June 1840, and Pangbourne was the first station out of Reading.^[1][2]

Services

All services at Pangbourne are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 387 EMUs.

The typical off-peak is two trains per hour in each direction between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway. On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.^[3]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tilehurst		Great Western Railway Great Western Main Line Stopping Services		Goring & Streatley

References

1. MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. p. 102.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 180. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. Table 116 National Rail timetable, December 2023

External links

• Train times and station information, from National Rail