page_title: Didcot Parkway railway station
section_title: Platforms
hierarchical_section_title: Didcot Parkway railway station / Layout / Platforms
caption_attribution_description: English: A Great Western Railway service from Swansea to London arrives at Didcot Parkway. It is formed by five-car units 800017 and 800016.
context_page_description: Didcot Parkway is a railway station serving the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire, England. The station was opened as Didcot on 12 June 1844 and renamed Didcot Parkway on 29 July 1985 by British Rail to reflect its role as a park and ride railhead. It is 53 miles 10 chains down the line from London Paddington and is situated between Cholsey to the east and Swindon to the west.
  The station is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway from Reading to Didcot and Oxford, and by main line services from Paddington to the south-west of England and south Wales.
  Just to the north of the station is the Didcot Railway Centre, which is accessed through the station. The centre is a comprehensive exhibition of original Great Western Railway rolling stock, with demonstration running tracks and including a reconstructed station named Didcot Halt.
context_section_description: The station is located just to the north of the town centre in Didcot. It can only be accessed by car from Station Road itself on the south side of the railway, although passengers may park in Foxhall Road Long Stay Car Park, situated on Basil Hill Road, and cross a footbridge to the station. The station entrance is at road level; platforms 2-5 may be accessed by lifts, while platform 1 may be accessed from the ramp to the left of the station building near the taxi rank. All services are operated by Great Western Railway.
  Platform 1 – Down (westbound) express services to Bristol Temple Meads, Cheltenham Spa, Cardiff Central and Swansea, limited services to Weston-super-Mare, Exeter St Davids and Carmarthen.
  Platform 2 – Up (eastbound) express services to London Paddington.
  Platform 3 – Down (northbound) local services to Oxford, Hereford and Banbury.
  Platform 4 – Up local services to Reading and London Paddington,
  Platform 5 – Down (northbound) local services to Oxford and Banbury.
caption: A GWR Class 800 from Swansea arriving on Platform 2
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