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Twyford railway station is a
railway station in the large village of Twyford, in the English
county of Berkshire.
The station is on the Great Western Main Line, 31 miles 1 chain
(31.01 mi; 49.9 km) from the zero point at London Paddington. It
is the junction station for the Henley-on-Thames branch, and is
served by local services operated by Great Western Railway and
Elizabeth line.
The station has 5 platforms. Platform 1 and 2 are on the "fast"
Reading – London lines, with Platform 1 being the "down" line
(from London). Platforms 3 and 4 are the "relief line"
platforms, with platform 3 being the "down" line. Platform 5 is
a west-facing bay platform with access only to the Henley Branch
Line. Platform 4 also allows access to the Henley Branch via two
crossovers: one just east of Platform 4 and one just west of it
between it and Platform 5. Throughout the day trains mainly call
at platforms 3, 4 and 5. However, during peak times fast
services to and from London Paddington use platforms 1 and 2.
The platform are of differing lengths. Platform 1 is long enough
to accommodate an eight coach train; platforms 2 and 4 can each
hold a nine coach train; platform 3 is long enough for twelve
coaches; whilst platform 5 can hold just five.
At Twyford, the running speed is 125 mph on the fast lines, and
60 mph on the relief lines. The up relief line is also signalled
for wrong direction running at a speed of 40 mph, or 10 mph for
the crossover onto the Henley branch.
The main entrance to the station, and main station building, are
on platform 4 and serve the village centre. There is a second
entrance on platform 1. There is a large car park between the
main line and Henley branch and it is often full with morning
commuters' cars.
Monday to Saturdays there are four trains per hour to London
Paddington eastbound and two Reading westbound and two to Didcot
Parkway. On Sundays there is a half-hourly service in each
direction. Trains to Henley-on-Thames run at about 50 minute
intervals Mondays to Fridays and hourly at weekends.
Typical train times are 50 minutes to London (Paddington), 7
minutes to Reading and 12 minutes to Henley. In the peak periods
there are a few through trains to and from London taking between
20 and 30 minutes.
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