over the full available length of the line beginning in 1997. Steam traction has also been reintroduced. Services Most services on the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway are currently hauled by the resident diesel locomotives with visiting steam locomotives for special events. Trains run on weekends and bank holidays between April and September, and at Halloween and Christmas. The railway's web site has details of operating days. The original branch platform at Cholsey station is now used by the CWR, and trains connect there with Great Western Railway stopping services on the Great Western Main Line between Reading and Didcot stations. The original Wallingford railway station and the last segment of the line have long been built on, and the old station site is now crossed, ironically, by Beeching Way. The line now terminates at a makeshift station which is the railway's headquarters on Hithercroft Road (formerly known as Old Moor Lane). The new station is adjacent to the site of the maltings that kept the line alive into the preservation era. The maltings were demolished early in the new millennium and replaced by housing, releasing some extra land to the railway. The CWR plans to build a permanent station when resources are available. Rolling stock Locomotives The line is the home to several diesel locomotives, including three of British Rail's ubiquitous Class 08 shunters, which are used on most trains. Steam also currently operates on the railway, by locomotives Peckett 2142 and 6515 Isebrook. Operational British Rail Class 08 08 022 Lion, ex-Guinness Brewery, Park Royal, London (Operational, August 2022) (DE = diesel-electric) British Rail Class 08 08 060 Unicorn, ex-Guinness Brewery, Park Royal, London (Operational, August 2022) British Rail Class 08 08 123 George Mason (Operational, August 2022) Peckett & Sons Works No 2142 Northern Gas Board No 1, owned by the Darlington Railway Preservation Society. (Operational, August 2022) 12 Sentinel Sentinel Works No 6515, privately owned. (Operational, August 2022) Not operational Hibberd Carpenter, ex-Guinness Brewery, Park Royal, London (under repair, July 2017) (DM = diesel mechanical) Railcars One Wickham trolley Carriage and wagon The line has a varied collection of passenger carriages and freight wagons. Gallery Notes References External links The official Cholsey and Wallingford Railway web site Heritage railways in Oxfordshire Railway companies established in 1861 Railway lines opened in 1866 Railway companies disestablished in 1872 Rail transport in Berkshire Rail transport in Oxfordshire Wallingford, Oxfordshire 1861