Peckett 0-4-0ST 'Northern Gas Board No. 1' runs round the train at Cholsey
Commercial operations
Built by
Wallingford and Watlington Railway
Original gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by
Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
Length
2+1⁄2 mi (4 km)
Preserved gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened
1866
Closed
passenger 1959 freight 1965/1981
Preservation history
1985
Initial service
1997
Full service
Headquarters
Wallingford
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Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
Legend
Wallingford
(original site)
Hithercroft Road
Wallingford
(C&WR)
Bradford's Brook
A4130
Church Road
Cholsey
C&WR
NR
Great Western Main Line
Didcot Parkway • Reading
Cholsey railway station from street level; the Cholsey and Wallingford branch platform is at upper level to right of building
The Cholsey and Wallingford Railway is a 2+1⁄2-mile (4 km) long standard gauge heritage railway in the English county of Oxfordshire. It operates along most of the length of the former Wallingford branch of the Great Western Railway (GWR), from Cholsey station, 12 miles (19 km) north of Reading on the Great Western Main Line, to a station on the outskirts of the nearby town of Wallingford.[1]
^"About The Line". Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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