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« Reply #105 on: July 23, 2021, 08:38:31 » |
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I walked past Tilehurst Station today and noticed half-a-dozen vehicles on the forecourt and a number of people standing around. Just six cars parked at Tilehurst Station at 0730 this morning, plus a very small trickle of passengers arriving on foot. I was able to walk across the Oxford Road twice without pausing, impossible in the rush hours of the old days. (That having been said, when turning right out of Waitrose on Wednesday morning at 0800 my wait for a gap in the traffic was "long" by pre-COVID standards.) |
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« Reply #106 on: July 26, 2021, 17:50:22 » |
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A dozen cars parked at 1600 this afternoon, as I returned from Reading on a two-car DMU▸ for Oxford that had all its windows closed - perhaps they could have been opened to provide the ventilation we are promised on trains?
A very high proportion of people at Tilehurst and Reading stations and on the two trains that I took were wearing masks and a small number were doing so on Reading's streets.
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« Reply #107 on: September 02, 2021, 15:47:04 » |
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Today at 0955 there were 21 cars parked at Reading Station. And, to be really nerdish, just three copies remaining of Metro, which informed me that train travel had boosted W H Smith's profits, with sales for the six months up to August 31 being 65% of the same period in 2019 and that demand for rail travel is two-thirds of what it was at the same time in that year.
(Over that period Metro seems to have increased its superficial waffle content.)
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« Reply #108 on: September 02, 2021, 16:29:00 » |
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Today at 0955 there were 21 cars parked at Reading Station. And, to be really nerdish, just three copies remaining of Metro, which informed me that train travel had boosted W H Smith's profits, with sales for the six months up to August 31 being 65% of the same period in 2019 and that demand for rail travel is two-thirds of what it was at the same time in that year.
(Over that period Metro seems to have increase its superficial waffle content.)
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« Reply #109 on: July 13, 2022, 18:31:07 » |
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« Reply #110 on: July 13, 2022, 18:57:56 » |
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Isn't this what other geeks call "spotting and photting"?
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« Reply #111 on: July 14, 2022, 06:53:33 » |
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From the title I wondered what the Conservative MP▸ was doing, but I think there is an "o" in his name!
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« Reply #113 on: May 18, 2023, 06:12:47 » |
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Further story in the Reading ChronicleThe reporter, James Aldridge, has form when it comes to not knowing what's already been published. Recently he noted that a planning application had been submitted to remove the cash machine from NatWest in Tilehurst, adding that the reason was not known. Yet his news website has several times covered the imminent closure of the branch.
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« Reply #114 on: July 03, 2023, 13:14:33 » |
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I made what is nowadays an occasional trip into Reading this morning. As on the last occasion, the ticket machine was out of order. At least the ticket office was open, otherwise there would have been a long queue of people at "excess fares" at Reading.
At 0930 (and midday) the car park was less than half full.But several cars were parked in the forecourt, their users enjoying the hospitality of the refreshments van.
No sign of the "upgrade", including the lift instalments that were meant to begin in the Spring. I gather that the process is going through the planning-application stage.
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« Reply #115 on: January 08, 2024, 17:00:21 » |
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According to NextDoor "the Wolsey Coffee van at Tilehurst station was broken into, for the 3rd time".
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« Reply #116 on: January 12, 2024, 15:52:46 » |
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« Reply #117 on: January 15, 2024, 08:05:32 » |
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Now covered on the BBC» Lifts are set to be installed at a railway station after years of campaigning by local residents.
The lifts at Tilehurst Railway Station near Reading, Berkshire will allow better access to passengers with wheelchairs, pushchairs or heavy luggage.
Currently platforms 2, 3 and 4 are only accessible using steps.
The work, which will be carried out by Network Rail, is expected to start in February.
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« Reply #118 on: January 15, 2024, 10:09:34 » |
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Well I hope Pangbourne, which is now busier than both Goring & Streatley (which has lifts) and Tilehurst, is next. There’s only a subway at Pangbourne and no footbridge, but I guess that above-ground lifts (2 required) and a new bridge in between would be cheaper than lifts down to the subway.
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« Reply #119 on: January 15, 2024, 16:09:14 » |
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And Cholsey too, where the platforms are completely inaccessible to people who can't climb stairs.
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