Swindon Excl. to Reading
N.B. Swindon is 77.25 miles from Paddington

Stratton Park Halt  75 miles from Paddington.  Closed 7th December 1964.

Stratton Park Halt served the community off Stratton St Margaret, now part of the Borough of Swindon. The station was on the main GWR line from London to Bristol and opened around 1840. The Beeching cuts brought its closure in 1964, by which time it was only served by five trains per day. Courtesy Wilipedia.

South Marston Pedestrian Crossing.  Closed 29th March 2018 on the opening of the new footbridge.

The site of South Marston crossing. Copyright Ken Mumford

The former footpath leading to the crossing. Copyright Ken Mumford.

South Marston Footbridge
See -  https://theswindonian.co.uk/news/network-rail-deliver-new-footbridge-near-south-marston/
also  -  https://smpc.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/final-draft-january-2018.pdf

I did see if I could take photos at Swindon station but the two members of staff were extremely good even though Train-spotting as they said was not an exercise (unless I walked up an down the platform!).  They suggested that I went at the Town side of platform 4 but the fence was too high!  So, I tried Marston Footbridge and I was surprised when nobody was on the footbridge, so i made my way to the top of the footbridge and i had it ALL TO MYSELF until I left about two hours later!
Kind regards,
Ken

South Marston Footbridge Weedkiller (66155 + MPV + DR98906 + Dr98956 + 66017) 20th May 2020

South Marston Footbridge Weedkiller 66155 and 66017 20th May 2020

South Marston Footbridge 66087 Westbound freight 20th May 2020

Shrivenham     71.5 miles from Paddington.  Closed 7th December 1964

66009 in charge of a freight near Shrivenham. Copyright Ken Mumford.

Ashbury Crossing 1 mile east of Shrivenham 

An HST passes Ashbury Crossing. October 2008. Copyright Ken Mumford.

66578 near Ashbury Crossing. October 2008.

The weedkiller near Ashbury Crossing. 2008. Copyright Ken Mumford.

Compton Beauchamp   - 3.5 miles SE of Shrivenham.

43098 flashes past the footbridge at Compton Beauchamp. Copyright Ken Mumford.

Uffington     66.5 miles from Paddington.  Closed 7th December 1964.

Uffington railway station is a former station on the Great Western Main line. The station was located north-east of the village of Uffington. In 1864 Uffington became a junction as the Faringdon branch.  In 1886 the GWR took over the Faringdon Railway. Quote Wikipedia .  Faringdon branch see  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faringdon_railway_station

Challow    63.75 miles from Paddington.

Wantage Road    60.5 miles from Paddington   Closed 7th December 1964

Steventon   56.5 miles from Paddington.     Closed 3rd November 1958

Didcot 53.25 miles from Paddington.

A reminder that having got to Didcot we'll have to open another section dealing with the GWS depot.
We will put in a link in due course.

King George V at Didcot Great Western 150 - seen in 1985. Copyright David Ward.

Cholsey and Moulsford   48.5 miles from Paddington.

Goring and Streatley    44.75 miles from Paddington.

Pangbourne   41.5 miles from Paddington.

Tilehurst   38.75 miles from Paddington.

Reading     36 miles from Paddington