Maidenhead railway station
Maidenhead 
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| Location | |
| Place | Maidenhead |
| Local authority | Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead |
| Coordinates | 51°31′08″N 0°43′23″W / 51.519°N 0.723°WCoordinates: 51°31′08″N 0°43′23″W / 51.519°N 0.723°W |
| Grid reference | SU886807 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MAI |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 3.964 million |
| – Interchange |
 0.456 million |
| 2012/13 |
4.125 million |
| – Interchange |
0.486 million |
| 2013/14 |
4.203 million |
| – Interchange |
0.479 million |
| 2014/15 |
4.308 million |
| – Interchange |
0.504 million |
| 2015/16 |
4.459 million |
| – Interchange |
0.490 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 November 1871 |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maidenhead from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Maidenhead railway station serves the town of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. It is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway from London Paddington to Reading, and is also the junction for the Marlow Branch Line. It has five platforms which are accessed through ticket barriers at both entrances to the station. The ticket barriers stop the station being used as a walk through route. The Marlow line platform had an overall roof until 2014 when it was removed in the course of electrification works.
The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, which opened as far as Reading in 1840. The original Maidenhead Station lay east of the Thames, not far from the present Taplow station. This was the line's first terminus, pending the completion of the Sounding Arch (Maidenhead Railway Bridge) bridge over the river. In 1854, the Wycombe Railway Company built a line from Maidenhead to High Wycombe, with a station on Castle Hill, at first called "Maidenhead (Wycombe Branch)", later renamed "Maidenhead Boyne Hill". However, there was no station on the present site until 1871, when local contractor William Woodbridge built it. Originally, it was called "Maidenhead Junction", but eventually it came to replace the Boyn Hill station as well as the original station on the Maidenhead Riverside.
In 2008 the station underwent major renovation works and in 2010 a statue of Nicholas Winton was installed on one of the platforms.
The main entrance to the station is on the A308 with a back entrance on Shoppenhangers road. The station has 5 through platforms and no terminating platforms:
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