Reading
| Reading | |
|---|---|
 Reading Station from the area in 2021 | |
| Opened | 1840 |
| CRS code | RDG |
| Operator | Newtwork Rail |
| Platforms | 15 |
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 |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminates Here | South Western Railway Windsor Lines | Earley towards London Waterloo | ||
| Terminates Here | Great Western Railway North Downs Line | Wokingham towards Gatwick Airport | ||
| Didcot Parkway towards Tilehurst |
Great Western Railway | Twyford towards London Paddington | ||
| Newbury towards Reading West |
Great Western Railway | London Paddington towards London Paddington | ||
| Pezance towards Newbury, Westbury or Taunton |
Great Western Railway | Twyford towards London Paddington | ||
| York towards Oxford |
CrossCountry | Terminates Here | ||
| Terminates Here | Elizabeth line | Twyford towards Abbey Wood | ||