Newbury railway station is a railway station in the centre of Newbury, Berkshire, England. It was opened on 21 December 1847 by the Great Western Railway. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from Reading to Newbury and Bedwyn, and by inter-city trains operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to the West Country. The station was once a junction with the now-defunct north-south Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway. It was also the southern terminus of the also defunct Lambourn Valley Railway.
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