Slough

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Slough

Station code: SLO National Rail
Where: London and South East, England
Opened on the Great Western Railway.




Chronology Dates

04/06/1838Great Western Railway
First part of Great Western Railway opened from Paddington [1st] to Maidenhead [1st] opened. Stations on this section at: Paddington [1st], Royal Oak, Westbourne Park, Acton, Ealing Broadway, West Ealing, Hanwell and Elthorne, Southall, Hayes and Harlington, West Drayton and Yiewsley, Iver, Langley, Slough, Burham, Taplow, and Maidenhead [1st] .
08/10/1849Windsor Branch (Great Western Railway)
Slough to Windsor and the west curve at Slough opened.

News items

13/06/2017Queen recreates historic train journey [BBC News]
10/06/2017Queen to recreate 1842 Slough to Paddington train journey [BBC News]
06/02/2014Heathrow rail link plan unveiled by Network Rail [BBC News]
13/07/2012£500m Heathrow rail link boost [ITV News]

Books


A History of the Great Western Railway

An Illustrated History of Great Western Diesel Railcars

Great Western Railway Then and Now

Great Western Railway: A History

The Great Western Railway Volume One: Paddington to Bristol: 1

The Great Western Railway: 150 Glorious Years (GWR)