Bracknell railway station

Bracknell
General information
Location	Bracknell, Bracknell Forest England
Coordinates	51°24′47″N 0°45′07″W
Grid reference	SU869689
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BCE
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Opened	9 July 1856
Original company	Staines and Wokingham Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Passengers
2019/20	2.179 million
2020/21	0.470 million
2021/22	1.191 million
2022/23	1.491 million
Interchange	132
2023/24	1.602 million
Interchange	12,681
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bracknell station in 1961

A 1909 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Reading

Bracknell railway station serves the Berkshire town of Bracknell. It is 32 miles 24 chains (52.0 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway. It is on the Waterloo to Reading line.

History

The station was opened in 1856 by the Staines and Wokingham Railway which was taken over by the London and South Western Railway in 1878. British Railways closed the goods yard in 1969. The station was redeveloped in 1975, and the entrance is now under the Bracknell Quintiles building.[1]

Services

All services at Bracknell are operated by South Western Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

• 2 tph to London Waterloo via Richmond
• 2 tph to Reading

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Martins Heron		South Western Railway Waterloo to Reading Line		Wokingham

Improvements

In 2008 work began to improve access for passengers with wheelchairs, baby-vehicles or bicycles. A new covered footbridge, with both staircases and lifts, was completed and opened in 2009. Before this, the only way to reach the "Down" (Reading-bound) platform was over the steps of the original footbridge at the London end of the platforms. This was a classic Southern Railway design with no roof, built of pre-cast concrete sections. It had also provided direct access from Crowthorne Road North, but this extra span had long been disconnected. Once the new bridge was opened, the old bridge was taken out of use and fenced off. It was demolished in May 2009. In 2017 the platforms were extended to accommodate 10 to 12 car trains with the increase of passengers on the line

References

1. "The Coming of Railways" (PDF). Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
2. Table 149 National Rail timetable, June 2024

External links

• Train times and station information for Bracknell railway station from National Rail
• Bracknell railway station in the 1866 edition of Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Hand-Book of Great Britain & Ireland