Cholsey and Wallingford Railway

Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
Class 121 'Bubblecar' 55034 at Wallingford
Commercial operations
Built byWallingford and Watlington Railway
Original gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated byCholsey and Wallingford Railway
Length2+12 mi (4 km)
Preserved gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened1866
Closedpassenger 1959
freight 1965/1981
Preservation history
1985Initial service
1997Full service
HeadquartersWallingford
Cholsey and
Wallingford Railway
Wallingford
(original site)
Hithercroft Road
Wallingford
Bradford's Brook
Church Road
Cholsey
Great Western Main Line
Left arrow Didcot ParkwayReading Right arrow
Cholsey railway station from street level; the Cholsey and Wallingford branch platform is at upper level to right of building

The Cholsey and Wallingford Railway is a 2+12-mile (4 km) long standard gauge heritage railway in the English county of Oxfordshire. It operates along most of the length of the former Wallingford branch of the Great Western Railway (GWR), from Cholsey station, 12 miles (19 km) north of Reading on the Great Western Main Line, to a station on the outskirts of the nearby town of Wallingford.[1]

  1. ^ "About The Line". Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. Retrieved 27 December 2018.