In 2022/2023, Thatcham had 362,898 entries and exits, making it the 913^rd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 573^rd busiest (out of 997), with 522 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 994.24 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 13.37 passengers per service, giving it the 742^nd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1 (down)	170	618	147m top of ramp (Reading end) to CCTV camera.
2 (up)	155	563

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2018-19 Station closure in 2018-19
2019-20 Recovery after Reading-Newbury electrification (completed in 2019, works in 2018)

Location: Thatcham
CRS: THA / NLC: 3152 / TIPLOC(S): THATCHM
Station Facility Owner: Great Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 452775 166360
Constituency: Newbury
Local Authority: West Berkshire
NR Region: South East
ELR: BHL 49m 45ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Thatcham during 2022/2023:
•London Paddington (68,009 journeys)
•Reading (51,500 journeys)
•Newbury (29,542 journeys)
•Oxford (2,442 journeys)
•Basingstoke (2,348 journeys)
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