Theale railway station

Theale railway station serves the village of Theale, England. It is measured from London Paddington.

The station is served by Great Western Railway local services between Reading and Newbury, limited semi-fast peak services between Bedwyn and London and a limited semi-fast service between London and Westbury, Taunton, Frome, Penzance and Exeter St Davids.

History
The railway station was opened on 21 December 1847 on the first portion of what would become the Berks and Hants Line between and.

Layout
Theale has three platforms. Platforms 1 and 2 serve the up and down main line, and platform 3 is a former goods loop upgraded to passenger standards in 2011.

Plans to upgrade facilities at the station were announced in 2013 by Network Rail and GWR (including new lifts, a new pedestrian entrance and accessible footbridge, extra car parking, and a new ticket office), but the £2.9 million project has been delayed several times and by summer 2016 was running more than three years behind schedule. The upgrade project was resumed in 2021.

Services
The typical off-peak service at the station in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to London Paddington
 * 1 tph to Reading
 * 1 tph to Newbury
 * 1 tph to Bedwyn