Here's another, similar, report
from "wokingham.co.uk" (whoever that may be; I've never worked that out). It includes this editorial comment:
This was considered in 2017 by Network Rail, which believed there was “minimal” demand for these stops from people travelling from Wokingham borough, but was never followed through. Additionally, in 2014 the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership concluded that speeding up the journey by roughly this amount would bring economic benefits of up to £91 million locally.
I don't see how
NR» would have been looking at demand for timetable changes then, just after the new franchise competition. A little earlier, during the setting of the service requirement, I would expect NR to assess the feasibility of timetable changes, and leave it to
DfT» to decide what the voting public would go for. Isn't that how it works?