Theale railway station


Theale railway station serves the village of Theale, Berkshire, England. It is measured from.
The station is served by Great Western Railway local services between and, limited semi-fast peak services between and London and a limited semi-fast service between London and,,, and.

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 & Hungerford.

Layout

Theale has three platforms, numbered 3, 1, 2 from north to south. The station originally had just 2, with a goods loop passing behind platform 1. As part of the Reading station upgrade project, the loop was upgraded to passenger standards and a new platform added in 2011. Further work to upgrade facilities at the station were announced in 2013 by Network Rail and GWR, but the £2.9 million project has been delayed several times and is currently running more than three years behind schedule.

Services

The typical off-peak service at the station in trains per hour is: