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« Reply #270 on: February 12, 2023, 07:31:17 »

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
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« Reply #271 on: February 12, 2023, 08:09:52 »

Went down to RGP last week and it appears that all contractors signage has been removed. Does this mean that the end game is in sight (with a good telescope!).

It's a good sign that the site has been handed over to Network Rail (the landlord), and the ORR» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) have no concerns and have signed it off or will be in the near future for passenger train use.

It may even have been handed over to the ToC (tenant), I assume GWR (Great Western Railway), by Network Rail.

When it will appear in the time table, could be as soon as May the next major timetable change
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« Reply #272 on: April 01, 2023, 22:51:25 »

Went down to RGP last week and it appears that all contractors signage has been removed. Does this mean that the end game is in sight (with a good telescope!).

It's a good sign that the site has been handed over to Network Rail (the landlord), and the ORR» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) have no concerns and have signed it off or will be in the near future for passenger train use.

It may even have been handed over to the ToC (tenant), I assume GWR (Great Western Railway), by Network Rail.

When it will appear in the time table, could be as soon as May the next major timetable change

Any news on this?
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« Reply #273 on: April 01, 2023, 23:25:35 »

Thanks TG for jogging my memory - I did take a picture when I was passing on 12 March, which I hope will be the last of the series of "here's what it looks like" before it is actually open!
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« Reply #274 on: April 02, 2023, 19:29:50 »

Thanks TG for jogging my memory - I did take a picture when I was passing on 12 March, which I hope will be the last of the series of "here's what it looks like" before it is actually open!

Do you know when it opens?
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« Reply #275 on: April 02, 2023, 22:25:54 »

Sorry TG - I have no more information beyond that posted earlier in this thread.
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« Reply #276 on: April 02, 2023, 22:55:50 »

Do you know when it opens?

I expect there will be a press release when a definite date is set.

Internally we were recently told that all three new stations (Portway P&R (Park and Ride) and Marsh Barton being the other two), were ‘progressing’ towards an opening date.
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« Reply #277 on: April 03, 2023, 04:25:40 »

Do you know when it opens?

I expect there will be a press release when a definite date is set.

Internally we were recently told that all three new stations (Portway P&R (Park and Ride) and Marsh Barton being the other two), were ‘progressing’ towards an opening date.

Thanks, reassuringly vague!  Smiley
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« Reply #278 on: April 03, 2023, 06:54:51 »

Ah, but the Tesco Express opposite the station entrance is open!
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« Reply #279 on: April 03, 2023, 06:58:46 »

Ah, but the Tesco Express opposite the station entrance is open!

Every little helps.
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« Reply #280 on: April 03, 2023, 11:09:07 »

Worth remembering that snagging works and red tape seem to add about 6-12 months on top of any completion date for a new station.

Construction of the residential properties by the station seemed to stall for ages as well, so it’s good to see they’re also nearing completion.
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« Reply #281 on: April 03, 2023, 11:14:41 »

Do you know when it opens?

I expect there will be a press release when a definite date is set.

Internally we were recently told that all three new stations (Portway P&R (Park and Ride) and Marsh Barton being the other two), were ‘progressing’ towards an opening date.

The latest on Portway P&R was a "summer" opening date.   I don't recall the press release clarifying which summer they meant though.
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« Reply #282 on: April 03, 2023, 12:44:15 »

The latest on Portway P&R (Park and Ride) was a "summer" opening date.

Do the Met Office do a long-range station opening forecast?
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« Reply #283 on: April 04, 2023, 14:59:42 »

Just been down to RGP, still barriers across the entrance road. Following the path round to Tesco, there were  four cars/vans outside the station entrance, and two people on the Down platform one with a clip board (nothing like reliable technology).
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« Reply #284 on: May 04, 2023, 22:03:45 »

I have just checked the timetable from 21 May to see what it says about Green Park opening.

Unhelpfully it says "During the currency of this timetable Reading Green Park (between Reading West and Mortimer) is expected to open"!

Might not even be by 9 December....

By way of contrast, I have recently saw one of Jago Hazzard's wonderful You Tube videos on Arnos Grove station - from drawing board to open for use in less than 6 months in the 1930s. Apparently it was not quite finished when it did.
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