Pangbourne railway station


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 down the line from and is situated between to the east and 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 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 on the main lines; as such, the current Platforms 1 & 2 were Platforms 3 & 4 respectively. Some signs of their previous existence are still visible adjacent to 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 and opened on 1 June 1840, and Pangbourne was the first station out of Reading.

Services

Pangbourne station is mostly served by stopping services run by Great Western Railway between and. On weekdays, additional services between and run in the morning and evening peak times. Services run every 30 minutes in each direction Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays. Typical journey times are approximately 20 minutes to Didcot Parkway, 35 minutes to Oxford, 10 minutes to Reading, and approximately 1 hour 15 minutes to London Paddington. Most services are run using Class 387 Electrostar trains in 8 coach formation but due to the short platforms, it is only possible to unlock the front 7 coaches.