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Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cholsey
Cholsey
	View towards Didcot Parkway, following electrification (2019)
General information
Location	Cholsey, District of South Oxfordshire; England
Grid reference	SU584860
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	CHO
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	29 February 1892
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1840	GWR Reading to Steventon opened
29 February 1892	Station opens as Cholsey and Moulsford
ca. 1950	Renamed Cholsey
Passengers
2019/20	0.284 million
2020/21	54,628
2021/22	0.155 million
2022/23	0.212 million
2023/24	0.241 million
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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Cholsey railway station (previously Cholsey & Moulsford) serves the village of Cholsey in south Oxfordshire, England, and the nearby town of Wallingford. It is 48 miles 37 chains (78.0 km) down the line from London Paddington and is situated between Goring & Streatley to the east and Didcot Parkway to the west.

The station is managed by Great Western Railway, which operates local services to Didcot Parkway, Oxford, Reading and London Paddington. Cholsey is also the junction for the heritage railway services on the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. The station has five platforms, but two of them are generally out of use so fast trains can pass through, with gates closed. These platforms are opened when the lines through the other two main line platforms are closed for maintenance. Platform 5 is only used for services on the preserved Cholsey and Wallingford railway.

Layout

The station frontage building is on two levels, with station offices in the lower (street) level and the London bound waiting room on the upper (platform) level. There are two small car parks, one at street level in front of the station building, the other at platform level to the south of the station.

The station has platforms on each of the fast and relief (slow) lines, although the platforms on the fast lines see little use. It also has a terminal platform used by trains on the Wallingford line. The platforms are located on an embankment, with access to street level by stairs and a pedestrian underpass.

Platform 1 – is only used when the relief lines are out of service. It is for down GWR services during engineering and maintenance work.
Platform 2 – is only used when the relief lines are out of service. It is for up GWR services during engineering and maintenance work.
Platform 3 – for down GWR local services towards Didcot Parkway and Oxford.
Platform 4 – for up GWR local services towards Reading and London Paddington.
Platform 5 – is a west-facing bay platform currently used for Cholsey and Wallingford Railway heritage services to Wallingford.

High-speed passenger and freight trains pass through platforms 1 – 4 with little or no warning. As with any station, it is advisable to keep a safe distance from the platform edge, particularly on platforms 1 and 2 as trains can pass through at speeds of up to 125 miles per hour (201 km/h).

History

The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, which opened on 1 June 1840.^[1] The original station, opened with the line known as Wallingford Road, was several hundred yards further up the main line towards Goring & Streatley, just east of the point where the A329 road crosses the line (grid reference SU592851). Some of the original station buildings can still be seen at this point. On 2 July 1866 Wallingford Road station was renamed Moulsford and the branch to Wallingford was opened five days later;^[2] whilst the junction for this was at Moulsford station, the branch line track ran parallel to the main line for nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) before curving away.

In 1892, during quadrupling of the main line, the junction for Wallingford was resited closer to the point of divergence and a new station was built there. On 29 February 1892 the new station opened and Moulsford station closed.^[3]

The Wallingford branch closed to passenger trains in 1959 and to freight trains in 1981. Part of it is now preserved as the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway.

Services

National Rail services at Cholsey are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 387 EMUs.

The typical off-peak is two trains per hour in each direction between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway. On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.^[4]

Services on the volunteer-run Cholsey and Wallingford Railway run intermittently, usually on weekends and bank holidays.^[5]

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Goring & Streatley		Great Western Railway Great Western Main Line Stopping Services	Didcot Parkway
	Heritage railways
Wallingford		Cholsey and Wallingford Railway	Terminus
Historical railways
Moulsford Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Great Western Main Line	Didcot Line and station open
Wallingford Line open, station closed		British Rail Western Region Wallingford Branch Line	Terminus

References

^ MacDermot, E.T. (1927). "Chapter IV Construction". History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. I Part I (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway. p. 102.
^ MacDermot, E.T. (1931). "Chapter I A Critical Period (1863–1869)". History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. II (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway. pp. 42–43.
^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (March 2002). "Figures 57-59". Reading to Didcot. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-79-6.
^ Table 116 National Rail timetable, December 2023
^ "Train Timetables". Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

External links

Train times for main line services, from National Rail
Train times for heritage services, from Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
Station information, from National Rail

51°34′10.20″N 1°09′28.44″W / 51.5695000°N 1.1579000°W / 51.5695000; -1.1579000

[1] MacDermot, E.T. (1927). "Chapter IV Construction". History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. I Part I (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway. p. 102.

[2] MacDermot, E.T. (1931). "Chapter I A Critical Period (1863–1869)". History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. II (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway. pp. 42–43.

[3] Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (March 2002). "Figures 57-59". Reading to Didcot. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-79-6.

[4] Table 116 National Rail timetable, December 2023

[5] "Train Timetables". Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

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-'''Cholsey railway station ('''previously known as '''Cholsey and Moulsford railway station)''' serves the village of [[Cholsey]] in South [[Oxfordshire]]. The station is managed by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] who operate local services to [[Oxford railway station|Oxford]], [[Reading railway station|Reading]] and [[London Paddington station|London Paddington]]. Chosely is also the junction for the [[heritage railway]] services on the [[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway]].
+'''Cholsey railway station''' (previously '''Cholsey & Moulsford''') serves the village of [[Cholsey]] in south [[Oxfordshire]], England, and the nearby town of [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]]. It is {{convert|48|mi|37|chain|km}} down the line from {{stn|London Paddington}} and is situated between {{rws|Goring & Streatley}} to the east and {{rws|Didcot Parkway}} to the west.
+The station is managed by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]], which operates local services to [[Didcot Parkway railway station|Didcot Parkway]],  {{rws|Oxford}},  [[Reading railway station|Reading]] and London Paddington. Cholsey is also the junction for the [[heritage railway]] services on the [[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway]]. The station has five platforms, but two of them are generally out of use so fast trains can pass through, with gates closed. These platforms are opened when the lines through the other two main line platforms are closed for maintenance. Platform 5 is only used for services on the preserved Cholsey and Wallingford railway.
 ==Layout==
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 *'''Platform 1'''&nbsp;– is only used when the relief lines are out of service. It is for [[Railroad directions#United Kingdom|down]] GWR services during engineering and maintenance work.
 *'''Platform 2'''&nbsp;– is only used when the relief lines are out of service. It is for [[Railroad directions#United Kingdom|up]] GWR services during engineering and maintenance work.
-*'''Platform 3'''&nbsp;– for down GWR local services to Oxford and {{rws|Banbury}}.
+*'''Platform 3'''&nbsp;– for down GWR local services towards {{rws|Didcot Parkway}} and Oxford.
-*'''Platform 4'''&nbsp;– for up GWR local services to Reading and {{rws|London Paddington}}.
+*'''Platform 4'''&nbsp;– for up GWR local services towards Reading and {{rws|London Paddington}}.
-*'''Platform 5'''&nbsp;– is a west-facing [[bay platform]] currently used for [[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway]] heritage services to {{rws|Wallingford}}.
+*'''Platform 5'''&nbsp;– is a west-facing [[bay platform]] currently used for [[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway]] heritage services to {{rws|Wallingford|England}}.
 High-speed passenger and freight trains pass through platforms 1 – 4 with little or no warning. As with any station, it is advisable to keep a safe distance from the platform edge, particularly on platforms 1 and 2 as trains can pass through at speeds of up to {{convert|125|mph}}.
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 ==History==
 [[File:Cholsey & Moulsford Station geograph-2591538-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|left|Wallingford branch train in 1959]]
-The station is on the original line of the [[Great Western Railway]], which opened on 1 June 1840.<ref>{{cite book |last=MacDermot |first=E.T. |title=History of the Great Western Railway |volume=Vol. I Part I |publisher=[[Great Western Railway]] |location=Paddington |edition=1st |year=1927 |page=102 |chapter=Chapter IV Construction }}</ref>
+The station is on the original line of the [[Great Western Railway]], which opened on 1 June 1840.<ref>{{cite book |last=MacDermot |first=E.T. |title=History of the Great Western Railway |volume=I Part I |publisher=[[Great Western Railway]] |location=Paddington |edition=1st |year=1927 |page=102 |chapter=Chapter IV Construction }}</ref>
-The original station, opened with the line and known as [[Moulsford railway station|Wallingford Road]], was several hundred yards further up the main line towards {{rws|Goring & Streatley}}, just east of the point where the [[A329 road]] crosses the line ({{gbmapping|SU592851}}). Some of the original station buildings can still be seen at this point. On 2 July 1866 Wallingford Road station was renamed Moulsford and the branch to {{rws|Wallingford}} was opened five days later;<ref>{{cite book |last=MacDermot |first=E.T. |title=History of the Great Western Railway |volume=Vol. II |publisher=[[Great Western Railway]] |location=Paddington |edition=1st |year=1931 |pages=42–43 |chapter=Chapter I A Critical Period (1863–1869) }}</ref> whilst the junction for this was at Moulsford station, the branch line track ran parallel to the main line for nearly {{convert|1|mi}} before curving away.
+The original station, opened with the line known as [[Moulsford railway station|Wallingford Road]], was several hundred yards further up the main line towards {{rws|Goring & Streatley}}, just east of the point where the [[A329 road]] crosses the line ({{gbmapping|SU592851}}). Some of the original station buildings can still be seen at this point. On 2 July 1866 Wallingford Road station was renamed Moulsford and the [[Wallingford railway branch line|branch to Wallingford]] was opened five days later;<ref>{{cite book |last=MacDermot |first=E.T. |title=History of the Great Western Railway |volume=II |publisher=[[Great Western Railway]] |location=Paddington |edition=1st |year=1931 |pages=42–43 |chapter=Chapter I A Critical Period (1863–1869) }}</ref> whilst the junction for this was at Moulsford station, the branch line track ran parallel to the main line for nearly {{convert|1|mi}} before curving away.
 In 1892, during quadrupling of the main line, the junction for Wallingford was resited closer to the point of divergence and a new station was built there. On 29 February 1892 the new station opened and Moulsford station closed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Vic |last2=Smith |first2=Keith |title=Reading to Didcot |series=Western Main Lines |date=March 2002 |publisher=Middleton Press |location=Midhurst |isbn=1-901706-79-6 |chapter=Figures 57-59 }}</ref>
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 ==Services==
 [[File:Cholsey - fGWR 166211 Oxford service.JPG|thumb|left|A [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|GWR]] service to Oxford]]
+[[National Rail]] services at Cholsey are operated by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] using {{brc|387}} [[Electric multiple unit|EMUs]].
-Cholsey station is served by stopping services run by GWR between {{rws|Reading}} and {{rws|Oxford}}. Most of these services start or continue as semi-fast services between Reading and {{rws|London Paddington}} and run twice hourly for most of the day, and hourly on Sundays. Typical journey times are approximately 20 minutes to Reading and Oxford, and just over 1 hour to Paddington.<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2016|116}}</ref>
+The typical off-peak is two trains per hour in each direction between {{stn|London Paddington}} and {{stnlnk|Didcot Parkway}}. On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.<ref>{{NRtimes|December 2023|116}}</ref>
-Services on the volunteer-run Cholsey and Wallingford railway run intermittently, usually on weekends and [[bank holiday]]s.
+Services on the volunteer-run [[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway]] run intermittently, usually on weekends and [[bank holiday]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cholsey-wallingford-railway.com/tickets/|title=Train Timetables|work=[[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway]]|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>
-{{Rail start}}
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-{{Rail line |previous={{rws|Wallingford}} |route=[[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway]]<br /><small>Occasional service</small> |col={{Heritage rail colour|line=Cholsey and Wallingford Railway}} }}
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 ==References==
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 * [http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=CHO Train times] for main line services, from [[National Rail]]
-* [http://www.cholsey-wallingford-railway.com/Events.html Train times] for heritage services, from [[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway]]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061107101851/http://www.cholsey-wallingford-railway.com/Events.html Train times] for heritage services, from [[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway]]
 * [http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/CHO.html Station information], from National Rail
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 [[Category:Railway stations in Oxfordshire]]
+[[Category:DfT Category E stations]]
 [[Category:Former Great Western Railway stations]]
-[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1892]]
+[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1892]]
 [[Category:Railway stations served by Great Western Railway]]
 [[Category:Great Western Main Line]]
+[[Category:South Oxfordshire District]]

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