Slough railway station

Slough railway station, in Slough, Berkshire, England, is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway from to and main line services on the Great Western Main Line, the original line of the Great Western Railway. It is also the junction for the Windsor branch.The station is just to the north of the town centre, on the north side of the A4.Main line trains run to and from Oxford, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcester Foregate Street, Hereford, Cheltenham Spa, Gloucester and many other destinations.HistoryThe first section of the Great Western Railway (GWR), between the original station at Paddington and the original station at Maidenhead, opened on 4 June 1838, but although trains stopped at Slough, there was no actual station: tickets were sold at the Crown Inn. This was because the Act which authorised the construction of the GWR contained a clause which forbade the construction of a station within 3mi of Eton College without the permission of the Provost and Fellows of the school; but it did not explicitly prevent trains from stopping for passengers. Following the repeal of the relevant clauses in the GWR Act, the first proper station at Slough opened on 1 June 1840. The arrival of the railway led to Queen Victoria making her first railway journey, from Slough to Bishop's Bridge near Paddington, in 1842. Later, a branch to was built for the Queen's greater convenience. Nowadays, the journey time between Windsor and Slough is six minutes.