Maidenhead railway station

The main entrance to the station is on the A308 with a back entrance on Shoppenhangers Road. The station has five through platforms and no terminating platforms:[4]

• Platform 1 - For westbound trains on the main line. This platform is mainly used during peak times, as outside these times few trains on the main line stop at Maidenhead. It is outside of the ticket barriers at Shoppenhangers Road and the gate to the platform is only opened when a train is due to arrive.
• Platform 2 - For eastbound trains on the main line. This platform is mainly used during peak times, as outside these times few trains on the main line stop at Maidenhead.
• Platform 3 - For westbound trains on the relief line. The concourse is shared with platform 2.
• Platform 4 - For eastbound trains on the relief line.
• Platform 5 - For trains serving the Marlow branch line. Trains either begin/terminate here or continue to or from London on the relief line. This shares a concourse with platform 4.

All trains at Maidenhead are operated by Great Western Railway and TfL Rail. The typical off-peak service is:

• 4tph to London Paddington
• 2tph to Reading
• 2tph to Didcot Parkway
• 1tph to Marlow

During the peak periods, additional trains run to and from London Paddington. In addition, the Marlow shuttle services increase from hourly to half-hourly and run only between Maidenhead and Bourne End (a half-hourly shuttle runs from Bourne End to Marlow where passengers can connect to services to Maidenhead).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Twyford		Great Western Railway Great Western Main Line		Slough
Terminus		Great Western Railway Marlow Branch Line		Furze Platt
Crossrail
Twyford		TfL Rail Paddington - Reading		Taplow
	Future Development
Preceding station		Crossrail		Following station
Twyford towards Reading		Crossrail Elizabeth line		Taplow towards Abbey Wood

Maidenhead was initially the planned western terminus of Crossrail Line 1 before an announcement was made in 2014 to move the terminus to Reading.[5] Most Elizabeth Line trains will terminate at Maidenhead, with only two per hour continuing to Reading, so sidings will be built at Maidenhead to support.

The station is currently undergoing significant modification, including the replacement of the existing passenger waiting facilities, a new ticket hall, lifts, platform extensions to accommodate the longer trains, the introduction of overhead line equipment and the construction of new stabling and turnback facilities to the west of the station.[6][7]

In 2010 a statue was erected to honour the man dubbed the "British Schindler" for his work saving Jewish children from Nazi invasion. Sir Nicholas Winton was 29 when he smuggled 669 boys and girls, destined for concentration camps, out of Czechoslovakia in 1939. The statue, on platform three, depicts Winton sitting on a bench reading his famous scrapbook, which contained lists of all the children he helped to save.[8]