Didcot Parkway
Location type
StationNames and dates
Didcot (1844-1985)Didcot Parkway (1985-)
Station code: DID National Rail
Where: London and South East, England
Opened on the Great Western Railway.
Opened on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway.
Description
This five platform mainline station is in the north of Didcot. The name changed in 1985 when car parking opened at the station.
Tags
Station
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| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 08/03/1943 | Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Re-opened after doubling between Didcot and Newbury and lengthening of the loops on the Newbury to Winchester section. A new junction was put in at Worthy for direct access from the London and South Western Railway to the Newbury line, leaving Winchester Chesil on a loop. |
| 20/11/1955 | Great Western Railway 11 are killed when an excursion train enters a goods loop too quickly at Didcot. |
