History
The Great Western Railway opened the station on 26 September 1905, several decades after the rest of the stations on this part of the line. It was used for race specials only. It did not even appear on timetables until 1912 but then was still only used for race traffic.
In 1990 after the building of new facilities at the racecourse and the building of a new industrial estate on Hambridge Road a regular stopping service was introduced for the station.
The station originally had four platforms. The additional platform was on the south-facing side of what is now platform two. The platform on the south side also included station buildings and a roof through which passengers passed to access the racecourse. There was also a turntable at the station used mainly for turning steam locomotives that had brought specials at the start of the race day so that they could make the return journey.
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