Newbury Racecourse railway station
Newbury Racecourse 
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| Location | |
| Place | East Fields, Newbury |
| Local authority | West Berkshire |
| Coordinates | 51°23′53″N 1°18′29″W / 51.398°N 1.308°WCoordinates: 51°23′53″N 1°18′29″W / 51.398°N 1.308°W |
| Grid reference | SU482668 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NRC |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 77,164 |
| 2012/13 |
82,370 |
| 2013/14 |
 76,212 |
| 2014/15 |
86,984 |
| 2015/16 |
97,254 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 26 September 1905 |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newbury Racecourse from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Newbury Racecourse railway station is a railway station serving the East Fields area of the town of Newbury, Berkshire, England. It was opened on 26 September 1905. The station is next to Newbury Racecourse and handles heavy traffic and additional trains on race days. Otherwise the station is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway from Reading to Newbury and Bedwyn.
Newbury Racecourse station is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway from Reading to Newbury. On the current weekly timetable only two or three local services that call at the station continue to Bedwyn.
Services are summarised as follows.
During race meets or large events at Newbury Racecourse additional trains serve the station. They include a shuttle service to Reading and an extra stop for services that do not normally call at the station, sometimes including InterCity 125 trains. During some races, a special charter calls at the station. The special trains and the shuttle service usually use the third platform on the south side of the station.
The Great Western Railway opened the station on 26 September 1905, several decades after the rest of the stations on this part of the line. It was used for race specials only. It did not even appear on timetables until 1912 but even then, it was still used only for race traffic.
In 1990, after the building of new facilities at the racecourse and the building of a new industrial estate on Hambridge Road, a regular stopping service was introduced for the station.
The station originally had four platforms. The additional platform was on the south-facing side of what is now platform two. The platform on the south side also included station buildings and a roof through which passengers passed to access the racecourse. There was also a turntable at the station used mainly for turning steam locomotives that had brought specials at the start of the race day so they could make the return journey.
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