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Reading
Reading
	Reading Station from the area in 2021
Opened	1840
CRS code	RDG
Operator	Newtwork Rail
Platforms	15

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Reading is a major interchange in Berkshire, which receives services from CrossCountry, Elizabeth line, Great Western Railway and South Western Railway. Reading Station was opened in 1840 the Great Western Railway. In 1939 the line from London Waterloo was electrified and in 1965 the North Downs Line and Windsor Lines services were diverted from Reading Southern to Reading Platform 4A & 4B.

2010s Rebuild

Reading station was rebuilt in the 2010s to remove the major bottleneck by grade separating the junctions, as before rebuilding Reading caused a third of all delays on the Network Rail Western route.

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Terminates Here	Elizabeth line (Reading Branch)	Twyford towards Abbey Wood
Swindon towards Bristol Temple Meads, Cardiff Central or Swansea	Great Western Railway	London Paddington towards London Paddington
Newbury, Westbury or Taunton towards Pezance	Great Western Railway	London Paddington towards London Paddington
Theale towards Newbury or Bedwyn	Great Western Railway (Berks & Hants Line)	London Paddington towards London Paddington
Tilehurst towards Didcot Parkway	Great Western Railway (Great Western Main Line Stopper)	Twyford towards London Paddington
Terminates Here	Great Western Railway (North Downs Line)	Wokingham towards Gatwick Airport
Terminates Here]	Great Western Railway (Newbury Stopper)	Reading West towards Newbury
Terminates Here]	Great Western Railway (Basingstoke Branch)	Reading West towards Basingstoke
Terminates Here	South Western Railway (Windsor Lines)	Earley towards London Waterloo
Terminates Here	South Western Railway (West of England Main Line), Sundays Only	Basingstoke towards Salsibury
Oxford towards Newcastle	CrossCountry	Terminates Here
Oxford towards Manchester Piccadilly	CrossCountry	Basingstoke towards Bournemouth
Terminates Here	Railair (Bus)	Heathrow towards Heathrow

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