Theale railway station
Railway station serving the village of Theale, Berkshire, England
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Theale railway station serves the village of Theale, England. It is 41 miles 22 chains (41.28 miles, 66.43 km) measured from London Paddington.
Theale  | |||||
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Theale station following electrification work | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Theale, West Berkshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51.433°N 1.075°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SU644708 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | THE | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 21 December 1847 | ||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  73,190 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.214 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.283 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.323 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.391 million | ||||
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The station is served by Great Western Railway local services between Reading and Newbury, limited semi-fast peak services between Bedwyn and London and a limited semi-fast service between London and Westbury, Taunton, Frome, Penzance and Exeter St Davids.[1]
History
The railway station was opened on 21 December 1847 on the first portion of what would become the Berks and Hants Line between Reading and Hungerford.[2]
Layout
Theale has three platforms. Platforms 1 and 2 serve the up and down main line, and platform 3 is a former goods loop upgraded to passenger standards in 2011.[3]
Plans to upgrade facilities at the station were announced in 2013 by Network Rail and GWR (including new lifts, a new pedestrian entrance and accessible footbridge, extra car parking, and a new ticket office), but the £2.9 million project has been delayed several times and by summer 2016 was running more than three years behind schedule.[4] The upgrade project was resumed in 2021.[5] The accessible footbridge and lifts were completed in January 2025.[6]
Services
The typical off-peak service at the station in trains per hour is:
- 1 tph to London Paddington
- 1 tph to Reading
- 2 tph to Newbury[7]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Great Western Railway | ||||
| Great Western Railway | ||||
