Didcot Parkway railway station
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Didcot Parkway is a railway station serving Didcot, a town in Oxfordshire, England. The station was opened as Didcot on 12 June 1844[1] and was renamed Didcot Parkway on 29 July 1985 by British Rail,[1] to reflect its role as a park and ride railhead. It is 53 miles 10 chains (53.13 mi; 85.5 km) down the line from London Paddington and is situated between Cholsey to the east and Swindon to the west.[2]
General information | |
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Location | Didcot, District of South Oxfordshire England |
Coordinates | 51.61197°N 1.24348°W / 51.61197; -1.24348 |
Grid reference | SU525905 |
Managed by | Great Western Railway |
Platforms | 5 |
Other information | |
Station code | DID |
Classification | DfT category B |
History | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1844 | Opened |
1962 | Line to Newbury closes to passengers |
1985 | Renamed Didcot Parkway |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 3.258 million |
Interchange | 0.633 million |
2019/20 | 3.339 million |
Interchange | 0.596 million |
2020/21 | 0.584 million |
Interchange | 0.101 million |
2021/22 | 2.024 million |
Interchange | 0.361 million |
2022/23 | 2.330 million |
Interchange | 0.546 million |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
The station is a stop on local services operated by Great Western Railway between Reading and Oxford, and by main line services from Paddington to the south-west of England and south Wales.
Just to the north of the station is the Didcot Railway Centre, which is accessed through the station. The centre is a comprehensive exhibition of original Great Western Railway rolling stock, with demonstration running tracks and including a reconstructed station named Didcot Halt.