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Goring & Streatley railway station
Railway station in Oxfordshire, England
Railway station in Oxfordshire, England
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Goring & Streatley | ||
| symbol_location | gb | ||
| symbol | rail | ||
| image | Goring and Streatley station new footbridge 01.jpg | ||
| caption | The station with the new footbridge and electrification in progress | ||
| borough | Goring-on-Thames, District of South Oxfordshire | ||
| country | England | ||
| grid_name | Grid reference | ||
| grid_position | |||
| manager | Great Western Railway | ||
| platforms | 4 | ||
| code | GOR | ||
| classification | DfT category E | ||
| original | Great Western Railway | ||
| pregroup | Great Western Railway | ||
| postgroup | Great Western Railway | ||
| opened | 1 June 1840 | ||
| years1 | 1 June 1840 | ||
| events1 | GWR to opened | ||
| years2 | 1 June 1840 | ||
| events2 | Opened as Goring | ||
| years3 | 9 November 1895 | ||
| events3 | Renamed Goring & Streatley | ||
| <!--{{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2019/20 | passengers= 0.437 million}}-- |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2020/21 | passengers= 82,368}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2021/22 | passengers= 0.229 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2022/23 | passengers= 0.288 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2023/24 | passengers= 0.322 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2024/25 | passengers= 0.360 million}} |
| footnotes | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Goring & Streatley railway station is on the Great Western Main Line, serving the twin villages of Goring-on-Thames in Oxfordshire and Streatley in Berkshire. The station is located in Goring-on-Thames, adjacent to the village centre, and is five minutes' walk from Goring and Streatley Bridge; this connects the village with Streatley, across the River Thames. It is 44 mi down the line from and is situated between to the east and to the west. It is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway (GWR)
Layout
The station has two side platforms (platform 1 on the down main line and platform 4 on the up relief line) and a central island platform with two faces (platform 2 on the up main line and platform 3 on the down relief line). Platforms 1 and 2 are only used when engineering works cause stopping trains to use the fast tracks and the platform edges are closed off by fences incorporating normally closed (but not locked) gates.
The main station building is to the east of the station, alongside platform 4 and on the opposite side of the station to the village centre. There is a large car park to the south of the station building. There are also two pedestrian entrances onto platform 1, one of which links directly to Goring village centre. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge, accessed by steps and lifts from all platforms.
History
The station was on the original line of the Great Western Railway, on the section between Reading and Steventon that opened on 1 June 1840. Originally named Goring, the station was located between and stations. In 1892, Moulsford station was closed and replaced by the current Cholsey station. Goring station was renamed Goring & Streatley on 9 November 1895 to prevent confusion with Goring-By-Sea.
Preparation for the electrification of the line between Paddington and Bristol/Oxford required raised clearances and hence the replacement of the old footbridge. Following a strong local campaign led by the mobility group MIGGS (Mobility Issues Group for Goring and Streatley), Network Rail included lifts in the new footbridge, which was opened in June 2016. These changes also resulted in the demolition of the former ladies waiting room and toilet block on the island platform. The ticket office, toilets and waiting rooms are only open when the station is staffed in the mornings (Mondays to Saturdays). There is a bus stop in the road immediately outside the ticket office, with local buses running to Cleeve, South & North Stoke and Wallingford (Mondays to Saturdays) operated by Going Forward Buses CIC.
Services
All services at Goring & Streatley are operated by Great Western Railway using EMUs.
The typical off-peak is two trains per hour in each direction between and . On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.
Gallery
File:2016 at Goring and Streatley - exterior.JPG|Main entrance to Goring & Streatley station File:2014 at Goring and Streatley - footbridge stairs on platform 4.jpg|The old footbridge and stairs on platform 4; bridge and stairs since demolished File:2016 at Goring and Streatley - temporary footbridge.JPG|The temporary footbridge used between demolition of old and build of new File:Goring and Streatley - GWR 166208+165135 London service.JPG|A GWR service to London at platform 4 File:Goring and Streatley railway station 2017-03-26 14.02.06.jpg|The little-used platform 1, showing fencing off of platforms 1 and 2 File:Freight train at Goring & Streatley.jpg|A freight train passes Goring & Streatley, Nov 2021
References
Bibliography
References
- (August 2010). "Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western". Trackmaps.
- MacDermot, E.T.. (1927). "History of the Great Western Railway". [[Great Western Railway]].
- (March 2002). "Reading to Didcot". Middleton Press.
- Butt, R.V.J.. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations". Patrick Stephens Ltd.
- {{NRtimes. December 2023. 116
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