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The Reading–Basingstoke line is a railway link between the South West Main Line and the Great Western Main Line, constructed by the Great Western Railway between 1846 and 1848. The line is served by GWR local services between Reading and Basingstoke, stopping at the intermediate stations of Reading West, Reading Green Park, Mortimer and Bramley.
In 1895 the Valley Railway became the Cleveland, Terminal and Valley Railway. In 1915 the line was absorbed into the Baltimore and Ohio system. Although many small independent lines from this era were absorbed into larger lines and acquired parallel tracks, the Valley Railway retains single track alignment and has been well preserved.
Most of the original Berks and Hants stations have been rebuilt; however, there are two early survivors. Mortimer railway station on the Basingstoke line is a good example of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's "chalet" style station; the main building has eaves on all sides to give shelter to passengers and there is a small waiting shelter on the opposite platform in matching style.
The direct line from Reading to Taunton was created from three earlier routes. These had been created by companies that had been absorbed into the GWR: The Berks and Hants Railway's route between Reading and Pewsey, which was part of a route that was extended west to Devizes and Trowbridge. The line was opened as a branch to Hungerford in 1847 ...
The passenger train services that use this section of the North Downs Line are: Reading to Redhill and Gatwick Airport, operated by GWR using Class 165 and Class 166 units [1] [18] Reading to London Waterloo, operated by SWR using Class 458 and Class 455 units [25] [26] [27] Farnham and Aldershot to Guildford, operated by SWR using Class 450 ...
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) expressed interest in reaching Cleveland via the Valley Railroad's route, and in the fall of 1889, brokers from New York purchased the majority of the Valley Railroad's stock and turned them over to the B&O. [7] The line between Cleveland and Akron was subsequently reorganized as the Cleveland, Terminal and ...
Ohio Valley Railroad: IC: 1880 1886 Ohio Valley Railway: Ohio Valley Railway: IC: 1886 1897 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad: Ohio Valley Coal and Mining Company: IC: 1886 1888 Ohio Valley Railway: Ohio Valley Railroad and Mining Company: IC: 1882 1886 Ohio Valley Coal and Mining Company: Olympia and Owingsville Railway: 1916 1918 N/A
An accident occurred at Reading on 17 June 1914, and was witnessed by the railway historian O. S. Nock, then a schoolboy. The driver of a train to Ascot moved off even though the signal was at 'danger', and into the path of an oncoming train bound for London Paddington; the only fatality was the driver of the Paddington train. [25]