Editing Tilehurst (section)

== Transport ==

[[File:Tilehurst railway station 3.JPG|thumb|Tilehurst station]]

[[Tilehurst railway station]] is located at the northern edge of the suburb. It is served regular [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] services between {{rws|Didcot Parkway}}, [[Reading railway station|Reading]] and [[Paddington railway station|London Paddington]] on the [[Great Western Main Line]]. Journey times are approximately 54 minutes to London, five minutes to Reading and 20 minutes to Didcot. Connections to the south and south-west via the [[Reading to Taunton Line]] and the [[Reading to Basingstoke Line]] are made by changing at Reading.<ref> {{Cite web |work=Great Western Railway |title=Train Times |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=24 October 2023 |url= https://www.gwr.com/travel-information/train-times |quote=}}</ref>

[[Reading Buses]] services 15, 15a, 16, 17, 18 and 33 (with the 85, 86 and 87 serving Little Heath School) serve Tilehurst,<ref name="Reading Buses">{{cite web|title=Network Map|url=http://www.reading-buses.co.uk/files/maps/26Sept11/Network%20Map%20Sept11.pdf|publisher=Reading Transport|access-date=26 July 2012}}</ref> connecting the village to Reading, [[Purley on Thames|Purley]] and [[Theale]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tilehurst Bus Services |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=24 October 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/tilehurst |quote=}}</ref>

Tilehurst is bordered by two major roads: to the north by the [[A329 road|A329]] (connecting the village to Reading and Pangbourne) and to the south by the [[A4 road (England)|A4]] (connecting the village to Reading and [[Theale]]).<ref name="OS Exp" /> Non-[[arterial road]]s in Tilehurst saw a great improvement in the 1940s with the introduction of [[trolleybuses in Reading|trolleybuses]] in Reading.<ref name="Hill 52">{{cite book|last=Hill|first=Harold|title=Images of Reading and surrounding villages|year=1995|publisher=Breedon Books|location=Derby|isbn=1-85983-024-2|page=52}}</ref>