Cholsey railway station

Cholsey
National Rail
View towards Didcot Parkway, following electrification (2019)
General information
LocationCholsey, District of South Oxfordshire
England
Grid referenceSU584860
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms5
Other information
Station codeCHO
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened29 February 1892
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1840GWR Reading to Steventon opened
29 February 1892Station opens as Cholsey and Moulsford
ca. 1950Renamed Cholsey
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.290 million
2019/20Decrease 0.284 million
2020/21Decrease 54,628
2021/22Increase 0.155 million
2022/23Increase 0.212 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cholsey railway station (previously Cholsey & Moulsford) serves the village of Cholsey in south Oxfordshire, England, and the nearby town of Wallingford. It is 48 miles 37 chains (78.0 km) down the line from London Paddington and is situated between Goring & Streatley to the east and Didcot Parkway to the west.

The station is managed by Great Western Railway, which operates local services to Didcot Parkway, Oxford, Reading and London Paddington. Cholsey is also the junction for the heritage railway services on the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. The station has five platforms, but two of them are generally out of use so fast trains can pass through, with gates closed. These platforms are opened when the lines through the other two main line platforms are closed for maintenance. Platform 5 is only used for services on the preserved Cholsey and Wallingford railway.