A resourceful youtuber has released a video which shows Berkshire’s lost and abandoned stations throughout the years.

Footage from the Youtube channel ‘Trains Trains Trains’ shows pictures of the stations and railway tracks in their prime and what they were left to after their last train ran from the stations years later.

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From tiny stations to expansive stops that were once considered vital on a trip through Berkshire it is interesting to discover how they begun.

This video was created in Mar 8, 2020.

Some of the abandoned stations that are shown in the video are listed below.

Boxford Railway Station, West Berkshire

Surprisingly, the original structure of this station’s shelter is still standing. Although most of the site is shown as an abandoned piece of land, the original shelter has been reused as a bus shelter in Boxford Village.

A plaque has even been posted on the hut that states: “This shelter was once the waiting room of Boxford Station which opened in 1898. The last trains ran in 1972.’

 

Colnbrook Railway Station, Slough

The station was once a stop between West Drayton and Staines West and was built in 1884 to serve the village of ColnBrook.

The video shows that although the tracks and platforms have been blocked off and destroyed, the old rail house still stood in 2005.

The railway station closed to passengers in 1965.

East Garston Railway Station, West Berkshire

This small station, which consisted of one track and a single waiting room shelter opened in 1898. It stood in East Garston, Berkshire on the Lambourn Valley Railway

In 2006 it had completely disappeared and in its place is a field.

 

Compton Railway Station, West Berkshire

This disused station was often considered the largest station between Newbury, Berkshire and Didcot with stops in Compton, East ilseley and Aldworth.

It consisted of two platforms and a large station building with ticket offices.

Most of the building is still in existence, although in the early 2000’s, some were demolished to create a small business area.

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Great Shefford Railway station, West Berkshire

 

The medium size statin in Great Shefford had two outbuildings which stood as shelters and waiting rooms in it’s time. It was built in 1898

By 1969 following it’s closure in 1960, the railway lines were virtually unrecognisable, however one of the old outbuildings was still standing.

The Youtube video shows a large house built on the site that the station was located.

 

Lambourn Railway Station, West Berkshire

This station opened in 1898.

In the 1950’s, Lambourn railway station was in it’s prime with passenger trains and service trains rolling through it. By 1969, the tracks look deserted, yet the buildings and outhouses were still intact.

A street called ‘The Old Station Yard’ currently runs through the site.

 

Pinewood Halt Railway station, West Berkshire

This was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway. Opening in 1933 in hope of increasing passenger traffic, it closed less than 30 years later in 1962.

The video shows in 1967, the tracks had disappeared, however the platforms and shelters were still in existence.

 

Newbury West Field Halt

Opening in 1906, this was the last station on the Great Western Line to open and the first station on the line to close in 1957.

When this was closed, the site was demolished and the video shows a picture of the housing development that built soon after.

 

Welford Park Railway Station, West Berkshire

This large station was opened in 1898, and re-built by Great Western Railways in 1908 providing more tracks and platforms.

It closed in 1965 and fell into disarray. The building, platforms and tracks have now been cemented over and it is now the site of a car park according to the video.

 

Reading Southern Railway Station

Opened in 1849 this station added to the town’s connections with more immediate stops, beyond nearby Wokingham and mid parts of Surrey.

Closed in 1970 when it’s demolition began. The video shows a picture of the station in it’s prime and when it had closed and overgrown