Ride use. These were opened on 29 July 1985 by David Mitchell MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, and on that date the station was renamed Didcot Parkway. In 2018, a multi-storey car park was opened, costing £20 million and increasing the number of spaces by 65% to 1800. The car park also has a sheltered footbridge. In 2021, a new cycle storage hub was constructed, providing 600 covered spaces, LED lighting, CCTV cameras and a bike repair station. The project cost £1m, and was completed by a partnership of GWR, DfT and Network Rail. Stationmasters John Peach 1860 - 1865 (formerly station master at Hungerford, afterwards station master at Reading) George Bland 1868 - 1872 Henry Maggs 1872 - 1878 (formerly station master at Dorchester West, afterwards station master at Newton Abbot) Henry Larkcom/Larkam 1878 - 1881 (formerly station master at Lydney, afterwards station master at Reading) Charles William Noble 1881 - 1882 (formerly station master at Stourbridge, afterwards station master at Birmingham) H.C. Evans ca. 1885 - 1908 J. Short 1908 - 1912 (afterwards station master at Banbury) Thomas Frederick Edwin Jakeman 1916 - 1917 (afterwards station master at Dorchester West) Arthur Meddows Taylor ca 1928 - 1930 (formerly station master at Stroud, afterwards station master at Swindon) T.G. Curnow 1930 - ca. 1941 William Ferguson Brown 1950 - 1956 (afterwards station master at Reading) R. Hyatt ca. 1960 Layout Platforms The station is located just to the north of the town centre in Didcot. It can only be accessed by car from Station Road itself on the south side of the railway, although passengers may park in Foxhall Road Long Stay Car Park, situated on Basil Hill Road, and cross a footbridge to the station. The station entrance is at road level; platforms 2-5 may be accessed by lifts, while platform 1 may be accessed from the ramp to the left of the station building near the taxi rank. All services are operated by Great Western Railway. Platform 1 – Down (westbound) express services to , , and , limited services to Weston-super-Mare, and Carmarthen. Platform 2 – Up (eastbound) express services to London Paddington. Platform 3 – Down (northbound) local services to Oxford, and Banbury. Platform 4 – Up local services to Reading and London Paddington, Platform 5 – Down (northbound) local services to Oxford, Banbury and Moreton-in-Marsh. Junctions and yards Didcot is a