Slough railway station
Slough 
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| Location | |
| Place | Slough |
| Local authority | Borough of Slough |
| Coordinates | 51°30′43″N 0°35′31″W / 51.512°N 0.592°WCoordinates: 51°30′43″N 0°35′31″W / 51.512°N 0.592°W |
| Grid reference | SU978801 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SLO |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 5.461 million |
| – Interchange |
1.518 million |
| 2012/13 |
5.574 million |
| – Interchange |
1.570 million |
| 2013/14 |
 5.534 million |
| – Interchange |
1.594 million |
| 2014/15 |
5.562 million |
| – Interchange |
1.625 million |
| 2015/16 |
5.529 million |
| – Interchange |
1.621 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 June 1840 |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
| 4 June 1838 | GWR line opened |
| 1 June 1840 | Slough station opened |
| 8 September 1884 | Station re-sited |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Slough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Slough railway station, in Slough, Berkshire, England, is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway from Paddington to Reading 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.
The 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 3 miles (4.8 km) 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 Windsor & Eton Central was built for the Queen's greater convenience. Nowadays, the journey time between Windsor and Slough is six minutes.
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