page_title: Slough–Windsor & Eton line
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Slough–Windsor & Eton line / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Class 165 ready to depart for Windsor
context_page_description: The Slough–Windsor & Eton line is a branch railway line 2 miles 63 chains long, in Berkshire, England. Trains run between the line's only two stations, Slough and Windsor & Eton Central. At its northern end, the branch line joins the Great Western Main Line, but passenger trains from Windsor rarely use the connection, usually terminating at Slough.
context_section_description: The line opened, despite opposition from Eton College, on 8 October 1849.  It was built as a broad gauge line but dual gauge track was laid in 1862.
  For a period from 1863, Metropolitan Railway trains served the line. Between 1 March 1883 and 30 September 1885 the branch was also served by the Metropolitan District Railway.
caption: The "Windsor bay" (Platform 1) at Slough station, with a Class 165 DMU waiting to depart for Windsor
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