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The Slough–Windsor & Eton line is a branch railway line 2 miles 63 chains (4.5 km) long, in Berkshire, England. Trains run between the line's only two stations, Slough and Windsor & Eton Central .
The Windsor Railway Bridge was designed by the famed British civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and is considered to be a forerunner to his last major work, the Royal Albert Bridge. It was built during the 1840s to carry the Slough to Windsor & Eton Line of the Great Western Railway (GWR).
The Windsor Bridge or Windsor Town Bridge, an iron and granite arch bridge over the River Thames, connects the towns of Windsor and Eton in the English county of Berkshire. The Thames Path crosses the river here. The bridge carries pedestrian and cycle traffic, and crosses the Thames just above Romney Lock. It is a Grade II listed structure. [2]
Slough station is a junction between the Great Western Main Line and the Slough to Windsor & Eton Line to allow passengers to connect for Windsor & Eton Central. Reading: Great Western Railway operate fast services to Reading every half an hour which take about 15 minutes, as well as slow services every fifteen minutes which take 30 minutes.
A significant portion of the station has been converted into a shopping complex named Windsor Royal Shopping; [2] a ticket office and truncated platform remain for services on the Slough–Windsor & Eton line. The station is 400 metres (0.25 mi) from Windsor's other station, Windsor & Eton Riverside, the terminus for services from London Waterloo.
Slough–Windsor & Eton line. West (Royal or Queen's) curve lifted 1964 . ... Windsor Railway Bridge: over River Thames . National Cycle Route 4. Windsor Goods Yard
Slough railway station, in Slough, Berkshire, England, is on the Great Western Main Line, halfway between London Paddington and Reading.It is 18 miles 36 chains (18.45 mi; 29.7 km) down the line from the zero point at Paddington and is situated between Langley to the east and Burnham to the west. [1]
Slough rail accident – 16 June 1900 – An express train from Paddington to Falmouth Docks ran through two sets of signals at danger and collided with a local train heading for Windsor. Five passengers were killed and 35 seriously injured. [67]