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Wokingham railway station is a railway station in Wokingham, Berkshire, England. It is at the junction of the Waterloo to Reading line with the North Downs Line. South West Trains manages the station and provides services along with Great Western Railway.HistoryThe line from Reading to was built by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway (RG&RR), and was opened in stages. The first sections, from Reading to, which included a station at Wokingham, also from to Redhill, were opened on 4 July 1849. Other sections followed, with the last section, from to, on 15 October 1849. From its beginning the RG&RR was worked by the South Eastern Railway (SER), which bought the RG&RR in 1852.The Staines, Wokingham & Woking Junction Railway (SW&WJR) opened a line between and Wokingham (Staines Junction) on 9 July 1856. The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) worked the SW&WJR and was authorised to run over the SER to Reading. This gave Wokingham a direct route to.In 1933 the Southern Railway opened the current signal box. It controls part of the North Downs Line, part of the Waterloo route, and the level crossing. On 1 January 1939 the SR extended its Waterloo – electric service to Wokingham and Reading.In 1973 British Railways replaced Wokingham's station building with one built with CLASP prefabricated concrete sections. In 1987 BR slightly extended the platforms to accommodate eight-car Waterloo trains. Platform 2 ("down") has recently undergone a further extension to accommodate longer trains and the addition of a signal at the London end. This is for reversing trains in times of disruption and during the Reading station upgrade.

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