Crowthorne is a stop on the North Downs Line in Berkshire between Wokingham and Sandhurst.
GWR 165 117 departs bound for Reading
Information
Type:
National Rail
(North Downs Line)
Station code:
CRN
Opened:
1859
Platforms:
2
The station was opened in 1859 by the South Eastern Railway following pressure (and a financial contribution) by the nearby Wellington College. The station was called Wellington College for Crowthorne, the name became just Crowthorne in 1928 [1]. The main station building was repurposed for commercial use when the station became unstaffed in 1967. The station was given new platform shelters in the 1980s including a brick built shelter with a pleasing BR symbol made out of bricks! Access between the platforms is via the road bridge which crosses the tracks.
Crowthorne's goods yard closed in 1964, a signalbox for the yard closing in 1967. Crowthorne is managed by Great Western Railway with an hourly service in each direction between Reading and Redhill or Gatwick Airport, there are some extra services in peak hours.
Crowthorne shelter
Main station building, now disused
View down the platform
Station entrance
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Reading to Guildford (Middleton Press, 1988) Fig. 43
