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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.
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]
On August 21, 1871, the Valley Railroad Company was incorporated, with the intention of running trains from Cleveland to Akron, Middlebury, and Canton, rivaling the nearby Ohio and Erie Canal. [5] [6] Construction of the railroad's right-of-way began, but following the Panic of 1873, a lack of funding halted the project again. [5]
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 ...
Shelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio Railroad: L&N: 1900 1901 Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Short Route Railway Transfer Company: IC: 1873 1897 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad: Soo Line Railroad: SOO 1986 2006 Indiana Rail Road: South Kentucky Railroad: IC: 1871 1880 Ohio Valley Railroad: South and Western Railroad: ACL L&N: 1905 1908