Trains to Bracknell - Station Details and further Information on Bracknell Train Services
Bracknell train station is a train station serving the town of Bracknell in Berkshire, England. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by South West Trains. It is on the London Waterloo-Reading line. The station was opened by the Staines and Wokingham Railway in 1856, and was taken over by the London and South Western Railway in 1878. Following re-development in 1975, the station is situated directly underneath the Bracknell Quintiles building. The station's goods sidings closed in 1969.
Trains operate between London Waterloo and Reading every 30 minutes, seven days a week. On weekdays there are extra afternoon peak time trains from Reading which terminate at Ascot. Bracknell bus station is adjacent to the train station.
In 2008, enhancements were started to improve access for wheelchair-bound passengers and those with baby-vehicles or bicycles. A new covered footbridge, with both staircases and lifts, was completed and opened in 2009. Before this, the only way to reach the down (Reading-bound) platform was over the steps of the original footbridge at the London end of the platforms. This was a classic Southern Railway -vintage design with no roof, constructed from pre-cast concrete sections. It had also provided direct access from Crowthorne Road North, but this extra span had for a long time been disconnected. Once the new bridge was opened, the old bridge was taken out-of-use and fenced-off. It was demolished in May 2009. |