Henley-on-Thames railway station

Henley-on-Thames railway station is a terminal railway station in the town of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England.The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western on the Henley Branch Line from on the Great Western Main Line about to the south.ServiceThere is a daily shuttle service between Twyford and Henley-on-Thames, calling at and, running about every 45 minutes during the day, and more frequently during peak hours.Passengers for stations to or during off peak should change at Twyford. There are some through services to and from Paddington and Reading during peak hours.HistoryThe station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1857. It had three platforms, mainly to serve the intensive service for Regatta traffic, for which purpose they were lengthened in 1891. The original trainshed and station building, which were to the north of the present station, were removed in 1975 and the site sold. The platforms were reduced to two from 16 March 1969, and then to just one in 1986. The present building was erected in 1985 to serve the one remaining platform.Other facilities at the station included a large goods yard (closed 7 September 1964), which is now the car park, a goods shed, signal box (closed 20 March 1972), engine shed (closed 5 October 1958), and turntable. These were progressively removed in the 1960s and '70s. To the south of the station lay extensive sidings, used to stable extra trains during the regatta and at other times to store surplus coaches from as far away as Old Oak Common.