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    The Henley branch line is a branch railway line between Twyford in Berkshire and Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. It was built by the Great Western Railway...
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    H. Smith and is now home to Henley Business School The town's railway station is the terminus of the Henley Branch Line from Twyford. In the past there...
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    Henley-on-Thames is a terminal railway station in the town of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. The station is on the Henley Branch Line that links...
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    formerly Lashbrook, centred around Shiplake railway station on the Henley Branch Line. It is the economic centre of the parish and contains a store & post...
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    its introduction on other branch lines, such as the Windsor branch line, the Marlow branch line and the Henley branch line. These are statistics of passenger...
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    Twyford railway station (category Great Western Main Line)
    Western Main Line, 31 miles 1 chain (31.01 mi; 49.9 km) west of London Paddington. It is the junction station for the Henley-on-Thames branch and is served...
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    (4.8 km) from Henley-on-Thames. The village is larger than the county average, having its own railway station on the Henley Branch Line, off the Great...
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    over time. The first experimental apparatus was installed on the Henley branch line in January 1906 by the Great Western Railway, although it would now...
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    is on the Henley-on-Thames branch line that links the towns of Henley-on-Thames and Twyford. It is 1 mile 67 chains (3.0 km) down the line from Twyford...
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    Main Line and the Elizabeth line, the station is served by trains between Reading and London Paddington stations. There is also a branch line to Henley-on-Thames...
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    The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. It connects to...
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    Line (Slough - Windsor and Eton Central) Oxford to Bicester Line (Oxford - Bicester Town) Marlow Branch Line (Maidenhead - Marlow) Henley Branch Line...
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    public entrance to Windsor Castle. The station is the terminus of a branch line from Slough operated by Great Western Railway. Originally named Windsor...
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    is on the Henley-on-Thames branch line that links the towns of Henley-on-Thames and Twyford. It is 2 miles 60 chains (4.4 km) down the line from Twyford...
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    Great Western Railway trains from Slough on the Windsor branch of the Great Western Main Line. The station building was designed by William Tite as a...
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    Railway, Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway, and Blenheim and Woodstock Branch Line. Through trains from the north to the Southern Railway also typically...
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    The Coley branch line (ELR:COY), also known as the Coley goods branch, was a single-track branch railway running 1 mile 61 chains (1.76 miles, 2.84 km)...
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    railway station at Henley was opened to passengers on 6 June 1894 (and to goods on 2 July 1894) at the end of a short branch line, 3 miles 7 chains (5...
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    Junction, opened in 1856. The branch line was extended north to terminate in a bay platform at the new station. The branch line to Abingdon was closed to...
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    North Wales Main Line South Wales Main Line Shrewsbury–Chester line Welsh Marches line Butetown branch line Cardiff City Line Coryton Line Ebbw Valley Railway...
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    the line from London Waterloo. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway. It is on the Waterloo to Reading line. The...
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    Shiplake Railway Bridge carries the Henley Branch Line to Henley-on-Thames, England across the River Thames, connecting Shiplake in Oxfordshire with Wargrave...
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    (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 12B. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2. GWR Hungerford branch. Retrieved 2 September 2007 (Source Hungerford Historical Association) Hungerford...
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    Great Western Railway (train operating company) (category Great Western Main Line)
    are mainly used on branches such as the Greenford branch line, Slough–Windsor & Eton line, Marlow branch line and Henley branch line. They are also used...
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    Maidenhead railway station (category Great Western Main Line)
    operated by Great Western Railway and the Elizabeth line, and is also the junction for the Marlow Branch Line. It has five platforms which are accessed through...
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    Railway (WR), part of which now forms the greater portion of the Marlow branch line, opened between Maidenhead and High Wycombe in 1854 with the first station...
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    Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley. The crimes, which became known as the Houston Mass Murders, came to light after Henley fatally shot Corll. Upon discovery...
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    profit, and so it took a number of detours and added both mainline and branch line traffic to increase its domestic earnings. This earned the railway the...
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    Reading railway station (category Great Western Main Line)
    The main branch proceeds to Bristol Temple Meads, via Bath Spa, Chippenham and Swindon. The South Wales Main Line diverges from the main branch at Swindon...
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    there was no station between Adlestrop and Shipton. On 10 August 1855 a branch line to Chipping Norton was opened by the Chipping Norton Railway, and a station...
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