Reading Green Park Station

[Jorge Da Silva]

https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/r.../photos-show-green-park-construction-18263316

Here are some images of the construction site.

 

[fgwrich]

https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/r.../photos-show-green-park-construction-18263316

Here are some images of the construction site.

Thanks for that, looks like the station is still progressing at a snails pace - apart form the culvert being filled in and the roadway built up to the edge of the station site it doesn't look that different to how it looked in January / February.

As an aside, those @live articles really are poorly written and barely proofread!

 

[yorkie]

Thread unlocked to enable @kevin_roche to post an update

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thread unlocked to enable @kevin_roche to post an update

Thanks for that. Could the thread be kept open until the station actually opens as occurred with Bow Street.

 

[kevin_roche]

I took a walk past Reading Green Park today and took a few photos. There does not seem to have been any progress for the last two weeks. I have a feeling they are not trying very hard to finish before the construction site is complete as until the nearby road is finished it will be difficult to get to and from the station.

 

[fgwrich]

I took a walk past Reading Green Park today and took a few photos. There does not seem to have been any progress for the last two weeks. I have a feeling they are not trying very hard to finish before .... the construction site is complete as until the nearby road is finished it will be difficult to get to and from the station.

Seems to be the best way to describe this station. One that could certainly have it's progress described as painfully slow, that's for sure. Thanks for the update Kevin.

 

[Kite159]

Looks pretty much the same when I walked past it last Friday

 

[3973EXL]

20/05 Some steelwork gone up.

 

[kevin_roche]

20/05 Some steelwork gone up.
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Thank you for posting those pictures.

I wonder if the blue fence is in it's final location. Seems in the wrong place to me.

 

[MarkyT]

Thank you for posting those pictures.

I wonder if the blue fence is in it's final location. Seems in the wrong place to me.

Looks like a temporary fence to allow construction workers to be protected in a green zone.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

User @Bread & cheese found the following news story about Green Park. Opening appears to be slipping into 2022, possibly months into 2022.

Article from getreading, 25 June 2021

Opening of Reading's Green Park station faces further delays

Work at Green Park has continued throughout Covid but Network Rail has issued a new statement

A long anticipated new train station in Reading has hit further delays.

The opening of the Green Park Station has been pushed back by up to six months, after the combination of the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit compounded leading to delays to the project.

Transport bosses in Reading had hoped the station would be open by the end of 2021, but have revised that date, despite construction work continuing throughout the pandemic.

The station, which is near the Madejski Stadium, is now expected to be open to passengers sometime between April to June 2022, a Network Rail spokesman said.

Before the pandemic, the station had been scheduled to open in late 2020 but last October, Reading Borough Council's transport chief said it would be delayed until late summer 2021 “at the earliest” due to the pandemic.

Councillor Tony Page, lead member for Environment, Planning and Transport, said it is his understanding that the construction will be finished later this year, in October or November.

He added: “The problem we have is there then a commissioning period involving the train companies and Network Rail. That can take months. I think it would be four to six months normally”.

The deputy council leader said the delays have been caused by a mix of the pandemic and Brexit, creating a “perfect storm”.

Green Park Station will be on the Reading to Basingstoke railway line, improving accessibility and connectivity to south Reading where a number of large-scale developments are taking place.

These include Green Park Village, the expansion of Green Park Business Park, and the Royal Elm Park mixed-use development.

The station scheme is being progressed by Reading council and West Berkshire Council in partnership with Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR), which will ultimately own and operate the station respectively.

Funding for the scheme has been secured from the Local Growth Fund (£9.15m), Section 106 developer contributions (£5.6m) and the New Station’s Fund (£2.3m), with planning permission granted in 2015.

 

[73128]

Progress appears to be very slow, with coping stones on the southbound platform now complete but have taken most of the first half of 2021 to put in. When last there a few weeks ago the steelwork for the building on the southbound platform had gone up, but there's still a lot to do.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Wikipedia article on Reading Green Park station has been updated with the latest information from Network Rail regarding their current view when opening could be expected to take place.

 

[fgwrich]

Progress appears to be very slow, with coping stones on the southbound platform now complete but have taken most of the first half of 2021 to put in. When last there a few weeks ago the steelwork for the building on the southbound platform had gone up, but there's still a lot to do.

Has this been one of the slowest stations to be built in England in the last decade? Compared to how things seem to be done in Scotland, Green Parks progress has been somewhat shall we say, Glacial.

 

[ewsclass]

It's just so painful to watch this station not progress everyday when it will shave 40 minutes off my commute. Not helped with the fact that SWR have 1 TPH from FLE-BSK in the morning so I have to go via FNB and FNN!

 

[davews]

It does seem to be taking an awful long time. I remember when Martins Heron was built in the 1988, all done in a matter of a couple of months, faster than the Tesco being built alongside.

 

[AlbertBeale]

It's just so painful to watch this station not progress everyday when it will shave 40 minutes off my commute. Not helped with the fact that SWR have 1 TPH from FLE-BSK in the morning so I have to go via FNB and FNN!

What do FLE, BSK, FNB and FNN mean?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What do FLE, BSK, FNB and FNN mean?

In the "General Rules" of this website, the third item of the "Accessible" section specifically mentions matters such as these items.

 

[Wychwood93]

What do FLE, BSK, FNB and FNN mean?

Fleet, Basingstoke, Farnborough (Main) and Farnborough North.

 

[mrd269697]

Will this station be staffed? I’ve noticed nearly all reopened or new stations are unstaffed.

 

[swt_passenger]

Will this station be staffed? I’ve noticed nearly all reopened or new stations are unstaffed.

Definitely seems the intention, the online plans show a lot of rooms, ticket office, retail, and include a gateline - that at least will need staff whenever operational.

I’ll upload an extract from the plans in the dedicated Green Park thread, we’re probably getting into too much detail for what is only supposed to be a “reopening calendar” thread.

Reading Green Park Station

https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/gallery/photos-show-green-park-construction-18263316 Here are some images of the construction site.

www.railforums.co.uk

 

[swt_passenger]

As mentioned in the calendar thread, here’s a screen grab of the station building plans from the Reading Council planning site:

 

[Baxenden Bank]

I notice Real Time Trains has passenger services showing for this station, referenced as 'Service stop unadvertised'. An indication of the eventual service pattern?

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Definitely seems the intention, the online plans show a lot of rooms, ticket office, retail, and include a gateline - that at least will need staff whenever operational.

I’ll upload an extract from the plans in the dedicated Green Park thread, we’re probably getting into too much detail for what is only supposed to be a “reopening calendar” thread.

Reading Green Park Station

https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/gallery/photos-show-green-park-construction-18263316 Here are some images of the construction site.

www.railforums.co.uk

Yes, my 'neat and tidy habit' would prefer detailed discussion about a specific station to be in it's own thread. I think it also makes it easier for people to keep track of progress on say a station local to them, rather than ploughing through a thread covering several stations.

Where I have found a station (or route) specific thread, I have provided a link from the table at #1. If there are others please let me know. As for Reading Green Park, there are three threads (at least).
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/reading-green-park-station.184100/
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/reading-green-park-station-funding-approved.108617/ (old)
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/green-park-at-reading.106005/ (old)

But I am grateful for continued contributions to this thread!

In general terms, I have made several minor changes to the table at #1.
Three letter codes added for Brent Cross West, Inverness Airport, Portway Park & Ride and Reston.
Dalcross (Inverness Airport) now simply Inverness Airport. Planning Permission granted.
East Linton - planning approval anticipated in August 2021.

 

[JN114]

I notice Real Time Trains has passenger services showing for this station, referenced as 'Service stop unadvertised'. An indication of the eventual service pattern?

Yes, adding the stop in later would have upset the paths; so GWR have put Green Park in the Long Term schedules so that on station opening it’s simply a case of switching them to advertised rather than unadvertised calls.

 

[AlbertBeale]

It's just so painful to watch this station not progress everyday when it will shave 40 minutes off my commute. Not helped with the fact that SWR have 1 TPH from FLE-BSK in the morning so I have to go via FNB and FNN!

Does that really mean you go from Fleet to Farnborough, change stations, and then go all the way round to Basingstoke via Reading?? Seems hardly much faster than waiting for the next hourly direct train...!

 

[JN114]

Does that really mean you go from Fleet to Farnborough, change stations, and then go all the way round to Basingstoke via Reading?? Seems hardly much faster than waiting for the next hourly direct train...!

I think they mean to travel from Fleet to Reading, which is marginal time-wise as to whether via Basing or Farnborough is quicker - it’d rely on snappy change being available across the Farnborough stations I suspect.

I’m puzzled as to how Green Park would solve the issue mind - using Mortimer as an analogue it only offers those trains via Basingstoke, via Farnborough is no longer a quicker/viable alternative - it always ends up quicker to travel via Basingstoke whatever the wait time. SWR aren’t going to up their frequencies for the opening of a station off their line of route, so one would go from 2 viable journeys an hour, one each route approx 30 mins apart - to one hourly option if the SWR services at fleet are hourly.

 

[BayPaul]

As mentioned in the calendar thread, here’s a screen grab of the station building plans from the Reading Council planning site:
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Is it just me, or is this a really 'messy' layout - particularly the 5 different separate toilet rooms that are a maze of complicated divider walls - why have an accessible WC on the platform accessed by a radar key, and an accessible baby change inside. Also, it really annoys me when Ladies' toilets only have two cubicles, whilst the gents has 1 + 2 urinals - surely architects aren't blind to the queues that form outside ladies', whilst the gents never have an issue!

 

[option]

Is it just me, or is this a really 'messy' layout - particularly the 5 different separate toilet rooms that are a maze of complicated divider walls - why have an accessible WC on the platform accessed by a radar key, and an accessible baby change inside. Also, it really annoys me when Ladies' toilets only have two cubicles, whilst the gents has 1 + 2 urinals - surely architects aren't blind to the queues that form outside ladies', whilst the gents never have an issue!

& the accessible toilet opens out directly onto the platform. How far from the edge of the open door to the edge of the platform!

Retail?
Open ticket desk?

 

[nmsq]

Is it just me, or is this a really 'messy' layout - particularly the 5 different separate toilet rooms that are a maze of complicated divider walls - why have an accessible WC on the platform accessed by a radar key, and an accessible baby change inside. Also, it really annoys me when Ladies' toilets only have two cubicles, whilst the gents has 1 + 2 urinals - surely architects aren't blind to the queues that form outside ladies', whilst the gents never have an issue!

If the accessible toilet was inside the building it would be inaccessible when the station was unstaffed.