![]() The front of Didcot Parkway station in November 2020. | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Didcot, District of South Oxfordshire England | ||||
Coordinates | 51°36′43″N 1°14′37″W / 51.61197°N 1.24348°W | ||||
Grid reference | SU525905 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 5 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | DID | ||||
Classification | DfT category B | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
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1844 | Opened | ||||
1962 | Line to Newbury closes to passengers | ||||
1985 | Renamed Didcot Parkway | ||||
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Didcot Parkway is a railway station serving Didcot, a town in Oxfordshire, England. The station was opened as Didcot on 12 June 1844[1] and was renamed Didcot Parkway on 29 July 1985 by British Rail,[1] to reflect its role as a park and ride railhead. It is 53 miles 10 chains (53.13 mi; 85.5 km) down the line from London Paddington and is situated between Cholsey to the east and Swindon to the west.[2]
The station is a stop on local services operated by Great Western Railway between Reading and Oxford, and by main line services from Paddington to the south-west of England and south Wales.
Just to the north of the station is the Didcot Railway Centre, which is accessed through the station. The centre is a comprehensive exhibition of original Great Western Railway rolling stock, with demonstration running tracks and including a reconstructed station named Didcot Halt.
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