Thatcham railway station
Thatcham 
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Train leaving platform 2 towards Reading
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| Location | |
| Place | Thatcham |
| Local authority | West Berkshire |
| Coordinates | 51°23′38″N 1°14′35″W / 51.394°N 1.243°WCoordinates: 51°23′38″N 1°14′35″W / 51.394°N 1.243°W |
| Grid reference | SU528663 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | THA |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| 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 |
 0.500 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.533 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.522 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.535 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.578 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 21 December 1847 |
| 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 Thatcham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Thatcham railway station is a railway station in Thatcham, Berkshire, England. The station is served by Great Western Railway local services from Reading to Newbury and Bedwyn. Most services are operated by Class 165 DMUs, of either 2 car or 3 car units. It was served before privatisation by Network SouthEast and from 1996 until 2004 by Thames Trains. A limited semi-fast FGW InterCity 125 service between London and Exeter St Davids, Westbury, Taunton, Frome and Penzance also serves the station.
Thatcham station is served by GWR local services from Reading to Newbury and from London Paddington to Bedwyn. A limited number of services starting from Reading continue to Bedwyn. It is also served by limited semi-fast InterCity 125 services from Paddington to the West Country.
These services are summarised as follows.
Thatcham station was opened on 21 December 1847 as part of the Berks and Hants Line to Hungerford. Traffic through the station increased when the line was extended to Taunton in 1906. The station remained as part of the Great Western Railway (GWR) until railway nationalisation in 1948. After the sectorisation of British Rail in 1982 the station became part of Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail. From 1996 services were provided by Thames Trains until the franchise was merged with First Great Western.
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