Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 12:35 28 Mar 2024
* Man held over stabbing in front of train passengers
- How do I renew my UK passport and what is the 10-year rule?
- Easter travel warning as millions set to hit roads
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]
 02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
28th Mar (1992)
MOD Kineton tour, branch line society (*)

Train RunningCancelled
10:30 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare
10:41 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
11:16 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
11:23 Weston-Super-Mare to London Paddington
11:30 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
11:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
Additional 12:07 Bristol Temple Meads to Gloucester
12:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
12:17 Westbury to Swindon
12:30 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare
13:00 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
13:15 Swindon to Westbury
13:26 Weston-Super-Mare to London Paddington
14:19 Westbury to Swindon
15:14 Swindon to Westbury
Short Run
07:10 Penzance to London Paddington
08:03 London Paddington to Penzance
09:30 Weymouth to Gloucester
10:35 London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
10:55 Paignton to London Paddington
11:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
11:41 Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury
11:48 London Paddington to Carmarthen
12:03 London Paddington to Penzance
12:11 Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth
12:12 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
12:32 Exeter Central to Okehampton
12:46 Avonmouth to Weston-Super-Mare
13:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
13:07 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
13:10 Gloucester to Weymouth
13:26 Okehampton to Exeter Central
16:19 Carmarthen to London Paddington
Delayed
09:04 London Paddington to Plymouth
09:37 London Paddington to Paignton
10:04 London Paddington to Penzance
10:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
11:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
12:27 Okehampton to Exeter Central
12:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
14:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
PollsOpen and recent polls
Closed 2024-03-25 Easter Escape - to where?
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple MeadsBath SpaChippenhamSwindonDidcot ParkwayReadingLondon PaddingtonMelksham
Exeter St DavidsTauntonWestburyTrowbridgeBristol ParkwayCardiff CentralOxfordCheltenham SpaBirmingham New Street
March 28, 2024, 12:49:40 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[151] West Wiltshire Bus Changes April 2024
[85] would you like your own LIVE train station departure board?
[58] Return of the BRUTE?
[49] If not HS2 to Manchester, how will traffic be carried?
[46] Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption el...
[36] Reversing Beeching - bring heritage and freight lines into the...
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Pages: 1 [2]
  Print  
Author Topic: Improvements at three Berkshire stations  (Read 22209 times)
eightonedee
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 1532



View Profile
« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2021, 19:45:43 »

The scheme now has planning permission -see- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-55664318
Logged
Marlburian
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 689


View Profile
« Reply #16 on: August 14, 2021, 18:31:03 »

Work on Reading West Station due to start next/this week.

My search for this link also produced this

Flasher at Reading West

(I may be mistaken, but when half-listening the TV news I've twice thought that the newsreader has referred to the improvements being at "Reading Railway Station" (and it wasn't "a Reading railway station").
Logged
CyclingSid
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 1918


Hockley viaduct


View Profile
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2021, 08:24:49 »

Terrible as it may sound, at Reading West, a flasher is probably better than a jumper.
Logged
Marlburian
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 689


View Profile
« Reply #18 on: September 23, 2021, 15:38:36 »

I walked past the Reading West works this morning at 0845. Temporary traffic lights, a lane closure and a certain amount of chaos, with the drivers of a couple of vehicles emerging from Salisbury Road being confused and getting honked at. The northerly pavement under the bridge was closed and I dutifully crossed over to the southerly one and walked towards the town centre, only to encounter a "pavement closed" sign after 200 yards. I was heading for a basement key-cutters 50 yards further on, so kept on, as did other walkers.

Outside the shop a couple of guys were laying paving stones, with a barrier across the steps leading down to the key-cutters, which they moved for me.

As a cyclist I disliked Oxford Road between Norcot Roundabout and Chatham Street, nowadays as a motorist I still do, and I try to avoid walking along it because of cyclists and, recently, e-scooterists. In fact I had walked down Portman Road to avoid it. Returning with my new keys, I took to the side streets, emerging near Brock Barracks at 1000. To my amazement Oxford Road was empty of traffic; no doubt westerly-bound traffic was held at the Reading West works and perhaps easterly traffic was finding another route.

BTW (by the way) there was no admittance to the key-cutters', conversations taking place through a locked grilled door with a perspex screen attached to it. The young man explained that he'd only been single-jabbed.
Logged
RichT54
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 130


View Profile
« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2021, 14:37:14 »

I was in Reading this morning so had a stroll along Oxford Road to see if there was any progress on the works at Reading West station. No work has started on the new station building yet, just some preparatory work to narrow the road from the south side, as shown in the attached photos. I didn't go onto the station, so I don't know if anything has been happening at platform level.

Logged
RichT54
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 130


View Profile
« Reply #20 on: February 24, 2022, 14:02:52 »

I went to Reading by train today, for the first time since March 2020. I thought I would have another wander down Oxford Road and marvel at the amazing progress that was sure to have been made on the refurbishment of Reading West station.

Only to find a scene of desolation. The hole in the road is a bit bigger, but has been slowly filling with litter and other items. No sign of them starting work on the new building. In fact, no sign of any current activity.

Logged
Hal
Full Member
***
Posts: 89


View Profile
« Reply #21 on: July 16, 2022, 14:54:30 »

Work seems to have finally started on the Reading West station rebuild.
I was down the Oxford Road today, and there is a big new barrier surrounding the site and narrowing the road. There are pedestrian crossings controlled by traffic lights.

Sorry, no pix - I was driving. 
Logged
stuving
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 7155


View Profile
« Reply #22 on: February 10, 2024, 18:22:05 »

I'm sure there were more recent posts about Reading West's new building, but can't find any. So here it is - RBC(resolve) are now saying that this new station will open real soon now, just as soon as they can finish waterproofing the paperwork. That's on top of the Tilehurst lifts, also announced at the start of this thread.  From the Reading Chronicle:
Quote
Meanwhile, we are waiting for Network Rail to receive official approval to go ahead and open the new station building at Reading West.

The smart new building on Oxford Road contains a ticket office, toilets, and retail space. The project has also delivered new ticket gates, improved lighting, and CCTV (Closed Circuit Tele Vision) cameras to significantly improve safety and security.

Unfortunately, the project has not included the installation of passenger lifts, which has been a long-term ambition of the Council.

Network Rail tells us that the installation of lifts at Reading West would involve rebuilding the train platforms which currently makes the work prohibitively costly for them.

However, the latest station upgrade has been ‘future proofed’ for the installation of lifts in the future, and we will continue to lobby government, our local MPs (Member of Parliament), and Network Rail for funding to deliver new platforms and lifts to make Reading West station accessible to all as soon as possible.


Logged
stuving
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 7155


View Profile
« Reply #23 on: March 15, 2024, 18:52:49 »

I'm sure there were more recent posts about Reading West's new building, but can't find any. So here it is - RBC(resolve) are now saying that this new station will open real soon now, just as soon as they can finish waterproofing the paperwork. That's on top of the Tilehurst lifts, also announced at the start of this thread. 

And it's going to be opening next Tuesday - here's the announcement from GWR (Great Western Railway) - especially for anyone who feels they count as "media":
Quote
Media invite: New Reading West station building will open for customers on Tuesday 19 March

The new station building and ticket office were built in partnership with Reading Borough Council, the Department for Transport, Network Rail and Thames Valley Berkshire Enterprise Partnership.

Where: Reading West Station
When: 1015, Tuesday 19 March

There will be an official opening by Mayor of Reading Cllr Tony Page on Tuesday 19 March at 1030.The station will then open for customers immediately after the event.

As well as short speeches, there will be an opportunity for tours, including a look behind the scenes.

The transformation of the station in Oxford Road includes new ticket gates, new lighting and CCTV (Closed Circuit Tele Vision) cameras to significantly improve safety and security of the local community and travelling public.

Reading Borough Council has worked with Network Rail and Great Western Railways to deliver the project.

The new station building on Oxford Road is the centrepiece of the Reading West station upgrade, containing an information counter, a customer toilet and retail space.

New ticket gates have also been installed at the Oxford Road and Tilehurst Road entrances to ensure that paying passengers only have access to the platforms.

A new bus interchange, improved cycle parking and pedestrian crossing have also been added as part of the scheme, along with improvements to the Tilehurst Road entrance.
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40690



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #24 on: March 15, 2024, 19:41:31 »


And it's going to be opening next Tuesday - here's the announcement from GWR (Great Western Railway) - especially for anyone who feels they count as "media":

There is logic to suggest that a well established member of the Coffee Shop could go along to report at we're a form of media. At one point we had a roving reporter ...
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
paul7575
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 5316


View Profile
« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2024, 11:23:35 »

“ New ticket gates have also been installed at the Oxford Road and Tilehurst Road entrances to ensure that paying passengers only have access to the platforms.”

Presumably that means non-paying passengers get a greater level of access?   Grin Huh
Logged
nickswift99
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 145


View Profile
« Reply #26 on: March 17, 2024, 19:28:55 »

They might, but asking at the Excess Fares window at Reading for a single from Reading West is going to elicit a different response.

I suspect quite a few people will get caught in the next few weeks.
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 40690



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #27 on: March 26, 2024, 05:50:11 »

Quote
“ New ticket gates have also been installed at the Oxford Road and Tilehurst Road entrances to ensure that only paying passengers have access to the platforms.”

... but asking at the Excess Fares window at Reading for a single from Reading West is going to elicit a different response.

(Quotes trimmed/adjusted for clarify)

Ticketed passenger flow data shows that over a third of journeys from / to Reading West have been to Reading [General] which suggests to me that dumbelling might be a significant issue.   The stats available to us do not differential between journeys from Reading West to Reading [General] and from Reading [General] to Reading West.  The excess ticket window may well be more question now of arrivals from "Reading West", but the main concourse ticket office, surley, has to continue to sell tickets to Reading West including to passengers who are intended to travel illegally further to ungated stations.  I have also seen over the years far too many "person hit by train" reports from Reading West, and would hope that ticket gates might provided a deterrent to people who are intentionally hit - I don't know the times of day these events happen, but they would require the gates to be in operation for most hours and not just at peaks.



Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Acting Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, Option 24/7 Melksham Rep
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: 1 [2]
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the 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 the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules (email link to report). Forum hosted by Well House Consultants

Jump to top of pageJump to Forum Home Page