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Location notes
A rural station on the Berks and Hants line between Newbury and Hungerford.
Railway type and traffic
Berks and Hants mainline from Reading to Exeter. Expect Intercitys, Adelantes (180s), and Thames Trains 165s.
DB Schenker and Hanson freights.
DB Schenker and Hanson freights.
Environment
Rural - open fields. The Kennet and Avon canal runs close to the railway.
Road directions
Take the A4 towards Hungerford from Newbury and follow the road for approximately 6 miles. You will come to a crossroads with Kintbury signposted to your left. If coming from the Hungerford direction, drive for approximately 3 miles to the same crossroads.
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Kintbury map co-ordinates
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Kintbury map co-ordinates
Parking
The station has a small car-park, and there is a British Waterways free car park next to the railway / canal.
Public transport
Thames Trains run a half-hourly service from Reading to Bedwyn. There are no buses.
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Amenities
There are toilets in the British Waterways car park - although these may be locked. There is also a pub just across the canal from the car park. The main town is 1 minutes drive / 5 minutes walk from the station and has a local store and 2 more pubs.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Kintbury
Streetmap links
Kintbury general view map
Kintbury close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Kintbury
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Kintbury
Googly map
Kintbury general view map
Kintbury close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Kintbury
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Photographic notes
The sun appears to be practically overhead most of the day, as the line runs roughly east-west.
Links to photographs at this location
UK Railpics - Didcot and Kintbury
General views - All photographs © James Mayl unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Fig 2 - Looking west
Fig 3 - Looking west
From the footbridge
Fig 4 - Looking east
From the footbridge
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
