New Green Park train station

All change, please, all change.
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A new train station - Reading Green Park - officially opens Saturday 27th May 2023.

The last train station to open in Reading was Reading West in 1906. Edward VII was King, Vauxhall Bridge & the Bakerloo Line both opened in London, the Wright brothers were granted a patent for their ‘flying machine’, and the ‘Census of the British Empire’ showed that Britain ruled 1/5th of the world.

Reading Green Park Station is situated on the Reading to Basingstoke line, with services running every 30 minutes in each direction.

The station is situated within the Green Park residential scheme, and close to the business park. It will serve local residents, commuters, & football fans.

Reading Green Park Station was built by Network Rail, GWR, & Reading Borough Council. Facilities include an accessible station building, an overbridge providing access to both platforms via stairs & lifts, a bus interchange, taxi rank & cycle parking facilities. Two car parks, managed by Reading Borough Council, will include blue badge spaces, drop-off parking & long-stay parking.

Initially, plans for the station were approved by the Office of Rail Regulation in 2009, but building has been knocked back time and again, not least due to finance, electrification of the line, covid, & yes, finance.

Construction took place in a ‘live’ railway environment, with trains passing through on the busy Reading to Basingstoke line! Where possible, prefabricated steel elements were made off-site, lifted into position using a 200t-capacity mobile crane, often overnight.

Now, we just need to work on getting the train to stop at Kennet Island!

All change please, all change.