Taplow railway station
Taplow 
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| Location | |
| Place | Taplow |
| Local authority | District of South Bucks |
| Grid reference | SU915813 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | TAP |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 4 (2 operational) |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.230 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.239 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.247 million |
| 2014/15 |
 0.247 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.264 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 September 1872 |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Taplow from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Taplow railway station is a railway station in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. The station is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway from Paddington, 22 1⁄2 miles (36 km) to the east, to Reading stations, using class 165, and class 166 DMU trains. The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway (GWR).
There have been two stations named Taplow.
The first station was opened on 4 June 1838 as Maidenhead (referred to as Maidenhead Riverside in some publications). The station was the terminus of the Great Western Railway for just over a year until the opening of Maidenhead Railway Bridge and the line to Twyford on 1 July 1839. The station was renamed Maidenhead and Taplow in August 1854. It was constructed of wood, and situated west of the skew bridge that carries the railway over the Bath Road (the modern A4), near grid reference SU909812.
With the opening of the present Maidenhead station 1 1⁄2 miles to the west on 1 November 1871,Maidenhead and Taplow station was renamed Taplow; it was closed less than a year later on 1 September 1872, when a new Taplow station was opened at its current location 1⁄4 mile to the east. As with Burnham station, the actual station is a significant distance south of the village that it takes its name from.
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