Furze Platt railway station
Furze Platt  | |||||
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 Looking up towards Maidenhead while a GWR class 165 is crossing level crossing | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Maidenhead,Windsor and Maidenhead England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°31′59.48″N0°43′43.14″W/ 51.5331889°N 0.7286500°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SU882823 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FZP | ||||
| Classification | DfT categoryE | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | GWR | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 5 July 1937 | Opened as "Furze Platt Halt" | ||||
| 5 May 1969 | Renamed "Furze Platt" | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.183 million | ||||
| 2019/20 |  0.183 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  39,580 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 98,582 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.117 million | ||||
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Furze Platt railway stationis a railway station in the town ofMaidenhead,Berkshire,England. It is 1 mile 22 chains (2.1 km) down the line fromMaidenheadstation and 25 miles 41 chains (41.1 km) measured fromLondon Paddington.
History
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TheWycombe Railway(WR), part of which now forms the greater portion of theMarlow branch line,opened between Maidenhead and High Wycombe in 1854 with the first station out of Maidenhead beingCookham.[1]
TheGreat Western Railwayabsorbed the Wycombe Railway in 1867[2]and opened "Furze Platt Halt" on 5 July 1937[3]to serve the area's growing population.[4]British Railrenamed the station "Furze Platt" on 5 May 1969.[3]
The single platform station has basic facilities including a waiting shelter, a customer help point, and a ticket office is open weekdays from 6:45 to 11:30.[5]The station is next to a level crossing on Harrow Lane, Maidenhead.
Services
[edit]All services at Furze Platt are operated byGreat Western Railway.
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour betweenMaidenheadandMarlow.During the peak hours, the service is increased to two trains per hour in each direction and northbound trains runs to and fromBourne Endonly, connecting with a half-hourly shuttle service between Bourne End and Marlow.[6]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Great Western Railway | ||||
References
[edit]- ^MacDermot, E.T. (1927).History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863.Paddington:Great Western Railway.pp. 333–5.
- ^Awdry, Christopher(1990).Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies.London: Guild Publishing. p. 54. CN 8983.
- ^abButt, R.V.J. (1995).The Directory of Railway Stations.Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 100.ISBN1-85260-508-1.R508.
- ^History of the Maidenhead - Wycombe RailwayMaidenhead - Marlow Passengers Association website, accessed 2008-11-20
- ^"Furze Platt | Train Stations | Great Western Railway".www.gwr.com.Retrieved13 May2021.
- ^Table 120National Railtimetable, May 2023
External links
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- Train timesandstation informationfor Furze Platt railway station fromNational Rail
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