Maidenhead Railway Station

Maidenhead railway station serves the town of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. It is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway from to, and is also the junction for the Marlow Branch Line. It has five platforms which are accessed through ticket barriers at both entrances to the station. The ticket barriers stop the station being used as a walk through route. The Marlow line platform had an overall roof until 2014 when it was removed in the course of electrification works. HistoryThe station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, which opened as far as Reading in 1840. The original Maidenhead Station lay east of the Thames, not far from the present station. This was the line's first terminus, pending the completion of the Sounding Arch (Maidenhead Railway Bridge) bridge over the river. In 1854, the Wycombe Railway Company built a line from Maidenhead to, with a station on Castle Hill, at first called "Maidenhead (Wycombe Branch)", later renamed "". However, there was no station on the present site until 1871, when local contractor William Woodbridge built it. Originally, it was called "Maidenhead Junction", but eventually it came to replace the Boyn Hill station as well as the original station on the Maidenhead Riverside. In 2008 the station underwent major renovation works and in 2010 a statue of Nicholas Winton was installed on one of the platforms.

Maidenhead railway station serves the town of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. It is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway from to, and is also the junction for the Marlow Branch Line. It has five platforms which are accessed through ticket barriers at both entrances to the station. The ticket barriers stop the station being used as a walk through route. The Marlow line platform had an overall roof until 2014 when it was removed in the course of electrification works. HistoryThe station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, which opened as far as Reading in 1840. The original Maidenhead Station lay east of the Thames, not far from the present station. This was the line's first terminus, pending the completion of the Sounding Arch (Maidenhead Railway Bridge) bridge over the river. In 1854, the Wycombe Railway Company built a line from Maidenhead to, with a station on Castle Hill, at first called "Maidenhead (Wycombe Branch)", later renamed "". However, there was no station on the present site until 1871, when local contractor William Woodbridge built it. Originally, it was called "Maidenhead Junction", but eventually it came to replace the Boyn Hill station as well as the original station on the Maidenhead Riverside. In 2008 the station underwent major renovation works and in 2010 a statue of Nicholas Winton was installed on one of the platforms.