page_title: Maidenhead
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Maidenhead / Transport
caption_attribution_description: English: Brunel's Railway Bridge at Maidenhead. The bridge was designed Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer for the Great Western Railway. The railway from London to the West is carried across the River Thames on two brick arches, and the bridge was the widest and flattest in the world. Each span is 128 feet (39 m), with a rise of only 24 feet (7 m). The Thames Path passes under bridge, also known as the Sounding Arch because of its spectacular echo.
context_page_description: Maidenhead is a large market town in Berkshire, England, on the south-western bank of the River Thames. At the 2011 Census, the population of the town itself was 62,470. It is the largest town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and the fourth largest town in Berkshire. Travelling by road, the town is situated 30 miles west of Charing Cross, London, 13 miles northeast of the county town of Reading, 31 miles southeast of Oxford, 8 miles east-south-east of Henley-on-Thames, 8 miles south of High Wycombe and 7 miles northwest of Windsor. The town differs from the Parliamentary constituency of Maidenhead, which includes a number of outer suburbs and villages such as Twyford, Charvil, Remenham, Ruscombe and Wargrave.
context_section_description: The (Brunel-built) Great Western Main Line passes through the town, calling at Maidenhead railway station and offering frequent, direct services to London, Reading, Newbury, Didcot and    Oxford. Additionally, there are less frequent direct services to Banbury, Hereford, Worcester and Great Malvern. It passes over Brunel's Maidenhead Railway Bridge (known locally as the Sounding Arch), famous for its flat brick arches. Maidenhead Station is the beginning of the Marlow Branch Line from Maidenhead to Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Furze Platt railway station on this branch also serves the northern area of Maidenhead. Rail services have been provided by Great Western since 2003-04.
  Local bus services are provided by First Berkshire & The Thames Valley, Arriva Shires & Essex and Courtney Buses. There are also evening bus services from Slough provided by Reading Buses rather than First (as in the daytime), under the 'Thames Valley' brand
  The A4 runs through the town and crosses the Thames over Maidenhead Bridge. The town lies adjacent to junction 8/9 on the M4 motorway and is accessed via the A404(M) and A308(M). The A308(M), A404(M) and A404 form the Marlow and Maidenhead bypass which also acts as an important link between the M4, to the south of the town, and M40 at High Wycombe.
  The River Thames runs ¹⁄₂ mile (800 m) to the east of the town centre, and York Stream, which runs through the town centre, connects to the Thames via a system of disused waterways. A renewal scheme is in progress to reopen these waterways. The Jubilee River, part of the flood defence scheme, begins above Boulter's Lock nearby.
  The Crossrail project which is now expected to be fully opened in mid-2022, after previously being expected to be completed by December 2018. In the initial plan for Crossrail, Maidenhead was expected to become the terminus for the line, which is now known as the Elizabeth Line. However, after consultation Crossrail Limited and Transport for London decided to extend this to Reading, which also serves as a major hub for the Great Western route. The route will double the current timetable from four services an hour (operated by the existing Great Western Railway route) to eight services an hour (combining both Elizabeth Line and GWR services).
caption: Maidenhead Railway Bridge built by Brunel
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