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Thames Trains provided services from 1996 until it became part of First Great Western Link in 2004 and First Great Western in 2006. In January 2021 GWR announced a temporary timetable change, in effect from February, which would mean an additional 17 trains stopped at Newbury Racecourse station daily.
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Between 1908 and 1910 the station was rebuilt to extend the platforms and create two loops to ensure trains stopping at the station did not block the line for express and freight trains. Red brick was used for the new station buildings which are still in use today. A new footbridge was built across the station. [3] [page needed]
Electrification of the Great Western main line would go ahead but the status of the Reading-Newbury and Didcot-Oxford sections was unclear. However, in September 2015, the electrification work was "un-paused", but with a delayed completion date. Since then there have been updates including one published in October 2016.
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Woodford to Newbury Park was transferred to London Underground Central line in 1947–8, but Ilford and Seven Kings to Newbury Park connections removed by 1956. Freight trains on remaining section operated by BR until 1965 Fallowfield Loop: Great Central Rly (LNER) Manchester Central to Fairfield, via Fallowfield 1983-8 (to all traffic)