Cholsey railway station
Railway station in the village of Cholsey, Oxfordshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cholsey railway station (previously Cholsey & Moulsford) serves the village of Cholsey in south Oxfordshire, England, and the nearby town of Wallingford. It is 48 miles 37 chains (78.0 km) down the line from London Paddington and is situated between Goring & Streatley to the east and Didcot Parkway to the west.
General information | |||||
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Location | Cholsey, District of South Oxfordshire England | ||||
Grid reference | SU584860 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 5 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | CHO | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 29 February 1892 | ||||
Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1 June 1840 | GWR Reading to Steventon opened | ||||
29 February 1892 | Station opens as Cholsey and Moulsford | ||||
ca. 1950 | Renamed Cholsey | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.290 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.284 million | ||||
2020/21 | 54,628 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.155 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.212 million | ||||
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The station is managed by Great Western Railway, which operates local services to Didcot Parkway, Oxford, Reading and London Paddington. Cholsey is also the junction for the heritage railway services on the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. The station has five platforms, but two of them are generally out of use so fast trains can pass through, with gates closed. These platforms are opened when the lines through the other two main line platforms are closed for maintenance. Platform 5 is only used for services on the preserved Cholsey and Wallingford railway.