With the guard looking on 166205 gets underway from Mortimer station working the 14.37 Basingstoke to Reading 2J40 service. Mortimer station is grade II listed for both the main building and matching smaller waiting shelter on the down platform. The station is a superb example of Brunel's Italianate pagoda buildings. These particular ones were in receipt of a major renovation in 1985 as part of the GWR 150 celebrations.
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