Newbury mainline branches north of Reading West
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Newbury mainline branches north of Reading West
Image: © Stuart Logan Taken: 18 Jul 2012
As a mainline junction on the GWR Reading was the place where the lines to Oxford, Basingstoke and the West Country diverged. This is the southern point of a triangle of lines that facilitates this divergence.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.456572
Longitude
-0.989444