as the station area is to change, i thought i would show what is there at the moment.
location of the new relief line platforms on the northern side of the station.
looking west
looking east
another platform will be added next to the 4a/b southern electric platforms for the provision of airtrack, if it ever happens
running along this little used footpath
dive under tunnel east of the station will be brought back into use so trains from the southern lines from wokingham can terminate on the northern side, or run through onto the gw relief lines towards didcot. currently to do this they have to cross the gwml.
this building in the foreground will be the site of a new northern entrance now the post office have moved
approach to the new entrance
the site of a new interchange for buses travelling through and terminating on the northern side, will be on the right of this photo. with the right side of the road becoming bus priority lanes and the left side widened for two way traffic. the approach road is on the far right.
the reason the road is so wide here is because it was built to have a flyover in the middle for the roundabout futher down. this would have been junction 1 of the m31(now a329m)
looking north from reading west station showing oxford road junction.
currently trains from the south going to reading general go right at this fork.
in the new plans they will go left onto the avoiding line then immediately fork right at a new junction, dive under the mainline and appear on the northern side of the station
this new line will run across this site meaning the current train depot on cow lane will move
also as part of the project the problematic, single file cow lane bridges wil be widened
spotted this wierd sign as well down kenavon drive east of the town centre as well. any ideas?