Aldermaston railway station

Aldermaston railway station is a railway station built to serve the village of Aldermaston in Berkshire, England. The station is at nearby Aldermaston Wharf and about 2mi north from Aldermaston village. It was opened on 21 December 1847.DescriptionAldermaston station is between the A4 road and the settlement of Aldermaston Wharf. It has a flanking platform on each side of the double track line. Each platform has its own independent road access and car park, together with a small shelter. The two platforms are also linked by a footbridge. The Newbury-bound platform is flanked on its offside by a siding, formerly used as a headshunt for access to a nearby freight facility. This siding is now defunct as the new A340 road bridge over the railway line has been built on the track in 2012.HistoryThe station was built by the Berks and Hants Railway, part of the Great Western Railway and stayed with that company after the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast although trains of the Intercity Sector passed on the Reading to Taunton Line which uses the Berks and Hants to Westbury for some long distance services. This continued until the Privatisation of British Railways.