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Title: Reading West Station - disability access and improvements - merged topic Post by: Jason on July 26, 2016, 12:33:37 I wasn't sure which section to post this in. It also makes reference to jacking up the bridge for the purposes of electrification.
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/disability-access-reading-west-station-11660207 (http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/disability-access-reading-west-station-11660207) Title: Re: Reading West Station - disability access and improvements - merged topic Post by: LiskeardRich on July 26, 2016, 12:39:38 A comment on that article by someone identifying themselves as disabled.
(s)he says that (s)he doesn't see any realistic way even in the 21st century to make the station accessible and instead (s)he prefers to go to the Reading Mainline station. So it appears some people still live in the real world. Title: Re: Reading West Station - disability access and improvements - merged topic Post by: Adelante_CCT on January 11, 2018, 18:23:55 Hadn't realised this was going ahead
Station improvement go ahead (https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/reading-west-station-improvements-to-go-ahead-despite-funding-worries/?_ga=2.205906707.1044508606.1515415153-523127700.1435425927) Vaguely follows on from this previous forum topic (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=17295.0) Title: Re: Reading West Station - disability access and improvements - merged topic Post by: CyclingSid on January 12, 2018, 10:35:36 Marginally more detail in meeting papers:
http://www.reading.gov.uk/media/8163/Item13/pdf/Item13.pdf and on Reading Green Park station. Title: Re: Reading West Station - disability access and improvements - merged topic Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 13, 2018, 04:51:40 Vaguely follows on from this previous forum topic (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=17295.0) With thanks for your update post, Adelante_CCT, I have now merged both topics here and expanded the topic heading, for ease of future reference. CfN. :) Title: Re: Reading West Station - disability access and improvements - merged topic Post by: Adelante_CCT on February 14, 2019, 12:58:17 Upgrade at Reading West still going ahead (using some of the failed East MRT project money), however no lifts to be included.
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/disabled-lifts-at-reading-west-station-deemed-unaffordable/ (https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/disabled-lifts-at-reading-west-station-deemed-unaffordable/) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |