Slough railway station

Slough
National Rail Elizabeth Line
Station entrance seen in 2024
General information
LocationBorough of Slough
England
Coordinates51°30′43″N 0°35′31″W / 51.512°N 0.592°W / 51.512; -0.592
Grid referenceSU978801
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms5
Other information
Station codeSLO
ClassificationDfT category C1
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Key dates
4 June 1838Line opened
1 June 1840Station opened
8 September 1884Station re-sited
Passengers
2018/19Increase 5.640 million
 Interchange Increase 1.733 million
2019/20Decrease 5.546 million
 Interchange Decrease 1.715 million
2020/21Decrease 1.403 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.267 million
2021/22Increase 3.513 million
 Interchange Increase 0.775 million
2022/23Increase 4.528 million
 Interchange Increase 1.322 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Slough railway station, in Slough, Berkshire, England, is on the Great Western Main Line, halfway between London Paddington and Reading. It is 18 miles 36 chains (18.45 mi; 29.7 km) down the line from the zero point at Paddington and is situated between Langley to the east and Burnham to the west.[1] The station is just to the north of the town centre, on the north side of the A4.

It is served by Great Western Railway, with services to Paddington, Reading, Oxford, and Didcot Parkway; and by the Elizabeth line on local services between Abbey Wood and Reading. It is the terminus for trains from Windsor on the Windsor branch.

  1. ^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 3C. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.