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In 2011, it was announced that Wokingham station would be redeveloped from spring 2012 to spring 2013 [13] at a cost of £6 million. [14] The initial plan involved a new station building further along the platform, nearer to Reading than the existing building and creating a new spur road linking Wellington Road to the Reading Road.
Following the closure of the Teesside Steelworks in 2015, Northern Rail services on the Tees Valley Line continued to serve the station, with two services operating in each direction on weekdays and Saturday. [16] These services were withdrawn on 14 December 2019. [17] In 2017–18, it was the least-used station in Britain, serving just 40 ...
A goods yard was constructed at the station in 1859-60. [97] Wokingham Junction was created in 1856, when the line from Ascot opened. A Class 166 heads towards Guildford after departing from Wokingham station. Several connections between the North Downs Line and other lines were created in the second half of the 19th century.
At Wokingham the line would connect to the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway; running powers would get trains to Reading. [1] The SW&WJR opened from Staines to Ascot on 4 June 1856. Williams says that the continuation to Wokingham was held back until 9 July 1856 to prevent the SER from profiting from the Ascot race traffic.
The car park has capacity for 390 cars, and has a current usage of 70% bus and 20% rail park and ride users. 200 metres (660 ft) walk to the south of the station, on Wokingham Road, are stops on the local bus route that links Reading, Wokingham and Bracknell. [2] [7] [10]
Wokingham (/ ˈ w oʊ k ɪ ŋ əm / ⓘ WOH-king-əm) is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, 37 miles (60 km) west of London, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Reading, 8 miles (13 km) north of Camberley and 4 miles (6 km) west of Bracknell. It is the main administrative centre of the wider Borough of Wokingham. At the 2021 census ...
The 39th Street station will shut down at 7:30 p.m. on Friday ahead of the next scheduled weekend closure. A bus service will run between the 29th Street and 48th Street stations.
The Staines, Wokingham & Woking Junction Railway (SW&WJR) opened a line between the existing London to Windsor line station of Staines in Middlesex (today in northern Surrey) and Wokingham in Berkshire on 9 July 1856; the SW&WJR was worked by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), and they were authorised to run over the SER into Reading.