Cookham railway station serves the village of
Cookham
Cookham is a historic River Thames, Thames-side village and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Berkshire, England, north-north-east of Maidenhead and opposite the village of Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, Bourne ...
,
Berkshire
Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...
, England.
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
trains between and serve the station on the
Marlow branch line, but through services to and from London Paddington in peak hours Monday to Friday no longer run. It is down the line from Maidenhead and measured from Paddington.
Cookham station was opened by the
Wycombe Railway
The Wycombe Railway was a British railway between and that connected with the Great Western Railway at both ends; there was one branch, to .
History
The Wycombe Railway Company was incorporated by an act of Parliament passed in 1846. The act ...
in 1854. The station now has a single platform, but the remains of a second platform are still visible. The former Station House is now let to private occupants.
Services
All services at Cookham are operated by
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
.
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour between and . During the peak hours, the service is increased to two trains per hour in each direction and northbound trains runs to and from only, connecting with a half-hourly shuttle service between Bourne End and Marlow.
References
External links
Historical track layout and signal diagram
Railway stations in Berkshire
DfT Category E stations
Former Great Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1854
Railway stations served by Great Western Railway
1854 establishments in England
Cookham
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