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10/03/2023

New Lifts And Walkways To Be Installed At Tilehurst Station

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Network Rail is to invest £4 million to install new lifts and walkways at Tilehurst Station in Berkshire.

More than half-a-million passengers use Tilehurst station every year and the upgrades will help even more people to use the railway. Tilehurst is a seven-minute train journey from Reading and a key station to link a semi-urban location to mainline services.

Work to install the new lifts and walkways is due to begin this spring, subject to a prior approval planning application, with the project planned for completion in autumn.
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The scheme is the latest investment by Network Rail in the Reading area and provides further improvement to Tilehurst station. A new footbridge was installed as part of the Great Western Mainline modernisation and this latest work will contribute even further to the Thames Valley Berkshire Strategic Economic Plan.

Alan Gough, Network Rail project sponsor, said: "This project continues our improvements to Tilehurst station and will ensure even more people can use our railway.

"It's the latest scheme in the Reading area to deliver sustainable travel, reduce congestion on the roads and provide cleaner air in the Thames Valley.

"We will work closely with our partners at Great Western Railway and with the local community to ensure disruption to passengers and local residents and businesses is kept to a minimum during the work."

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