Station code BCE DfT category C2 | Grid reference SU869689 Managed by South West Trains 2011/12 1.999 million Number of platforms 2 Original company Staines railway station | |
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Similar Crowthorne railway station, Winnersh railway station, Earley railway station, Winnersh Triangle railway st, Martins Heron railway st | ||
Bracknell railway station is a railway station serving the town of Bracknell in Berkshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South West Trains. It is on the London Waterloo-Reading line.
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History
The station was opened in 1856 by the Staines and Wokingham Railway which was taken over by the London and South Western Railway in 1878. British Railways closed the goods yard in 1969. The station was redeveloped in 1975, and the entrance is now under the Bracknell Quintiles building.
Services
Trains run between London Waterloo and Reading every 30 minutes, seven days a week. On weekdays there are extra morning and evening peak time trains between Reading and London Waterloo, with one evening service from Reading terminating at Staines.
Journey times to London Waterloo are around an hour, whilst to Reading it is 20 mins.
Bracknell bus station is next to the railway station.
Improvements
In 2008 work began to improve access for passengers with wheelchairs, baby-vehicles or bicycles. A new covered footbridge, with both staircases and lifts, was completed and opened in 2009. Before this, the only way to reach the "Down" (Reading-bound) platform was over the steps of the original footbridge at the London end of the platforms. This was a classic Southern Railway design with no roof, built of pre-cast concrete sections. It had also provided direct access from Crowthorne Road North, but this extra span had long been disconnected. Once the new bridge was opened, the old bridge was taken out of use and fenced off. It was demolished in May 2009.