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The single-platform single-track station is the terminus of a branch from Slough. The station is much reduced from its former glory after it had been completely rebuilt by the Great Western Railway for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Most of the station buildings have been converted to a shopping area. This view http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3587939 shows the eastern entrance to the shops, formerly the main station entrance.

First Great Western's class 165 Turbo suburban diesel multiple unit (DMU) stands at Windsor and Eton Central Station. Windsor & Eton Central station is one of two terminal stations serving the town of Windsor. The station is the terminus of the Slough to Windsor & Eton line and is served by a shuttle service of trains from Slough operated by First Great Western. Windsor's other station, Windsor and Eton Riverside, is the terminus for the South West Trains service from London Waterloo. When it was originally opened on 8 October 1849 it was named simply Windsor, the station was renamed twice: first to Windsor & Eton in 1904, and then, following nationalisation of the railways, to Windsor & Eton Central in 1949. Although a small part is still a railway station, most of the station building has been converted into a tourist-oriented shopping centre, called Windsor Royal Shopping. It is situated on the High Street, almost immediately opposite Castle Hill, the main public entrance to Windsor Castle.

Windsor & Eton Central station is one of two terminal stations serving the town of Windsor. The station is the terminus of the Slough to Windsor & Eton line and is served by a shuttle service of trains from Slough operated by First Great Western. Windsor's other station, Windsor and Eton Riverside, is the terminus for the South West Trains service from London Waterloo. When it was originally opened on 8 October 1849 it was named simply Windsor, the station was renamed twice: first to Windsor & Eton in 1904, and then, following nationalisation of the railways, to Windsor & Eton Central in 1949. Although a small part is still a railway station, most of the station building has been converted into a tourist-oriented shopping centre, called Windsor Royal Shopping. It is situated on the High Street, almost immediately opposite Castle Hill, the main public entrance to Windsor Castle.

First Great Western's class 165 Turbo suburban diesel multiple unit (DMU) stands at Windsor and Eton Central Station. Windsor & Eton Central station is one of two terminal stations serving the town of Windsor. The station is the terminus of the Slough to Windsor & Eton line and is served by a shuttle service of trains from Slough operated by First Great Western. Windsor's other station, Windsor and Eton Riverside, is the terminus for the South West Trains service from London Waterloo. When it was originally opened on 8 October 1849 it was named simply Windsor, the station was renamed twice: first to Windsor & Eton in 1904, and then, following nationalisation of the railways, to Windsor & Eton Central in 1949. Although a small part is still a railway station, most of the station building has been converted into a tourist-oriented shopping centre, called Windsor Royal Shopping. It is situated on the High Street, almost immediately opposite Castle Hill, the main public entrance to Windsor Castle.

This is the eastern end of a long viaduct on the approach to Windsor & Eton Central railway station, ahead.

How are the mighty fallen. The Great Western Railway first reached this station in October 1849, two months before its London and South Western rival reached Windsor and Eton Riverside. Queen Victoria came here by train frequently, and at one time this station had a few platforms underneath that arched roof to the right. Now it has just the one, on the branch line from Slough, with the former crest propped up on top of a portable cabin. Such an ignominious first sight of Windsor for a visitor. Update June 2012. Thanks to efforts of local residents and amenity group members, and the Windsor and Eton 2012 Facelift Project, the crest has now been reinstalled in its rightful place at the front of the station, in time for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.