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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 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 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.
Eton (/ ˈ iː t ən / EE-tən) is a town in Berkshire, England, on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor, connected to it by Windsor Bridge. The civil parish , which also includes the village of Eton Wick two miles west of the town, had a population of 4,692 at the 2011 Census . [ 1 ]
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
The Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway was absorbed by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1848. [24] In the same year, 1849, the Slough to Windsor & Eton Line opened from Slough in Buckinghamshire to Windsor & Eton Central again receiving opposition from Eton College.
Windsor and Eton are twin towns, in the English county of Berkshire, separated by the River Thames and joined by Windsor Bridge. The towns are sometimes treated as one (for example in the naming of the local railway stations), and sometimes as separate entities. For more information see the separate articles: Windsor; Eton