Reading Station

[395 Olympic Javelin]

Which is the best platform to get train numbers

 

[5872]

Which is the best platform to get train numbers

Fast line platforms. SWT ones when nothing is there. Slow line ones. End of platform 5 (Both ends) , and theres good spots on the southern side of the station.

 

[devon_metro]

Reading has FAST lines hock:

 

[5872]

Reading has FAST lines hock:

You dont say one bit.

 

[Mintona]

Nothing goes fast through Reading - stopping or otherwise..!

 

[5872]

Nothing goes fast through Reading - stopping or otherwise..!

Well some things do go thru at 40 , and theres 2 platforms for fast trains but a few slow ones creep in.... .

 

[thefab444]

There's a through line between Platforms 4 & 5, bidirectional. There used to be a through line between Platforms 8 & 9 as well, but this got taken out. There is also the goods loop(s) behind the station.

 

[16CSVT2700]

Wasn't actually a through line between 8&9, it was a loco run round loop.
It was taken out when VXC stopped using spoons

 

[Ascot]

Reading has no fasts, only Mains, Goods, Reliefs. And you can do 50 now

 

[devon_metro]

Very useful for the one high speed service a day that doesn't stop there!

 

[thomasgholmes]

Yes, reading services if they don`t stop don`t go through very fast.

 

[martyn29]

what about maidnehead, do the HST's go fast through there?

 

[5872]

what about maidnehead, do the HST's go fast through there?

Yep 125mph.

 

[martyn29]

Yep 125mph.

:-P cant wait!!!

 

[yorkie]

Reading has no fasts, only Mains, Goods, Reliefs. And you can do 50 now

The GWR preferred the terms "main" and "relief" lines, as opposed to the more common "fast" and "slow" lines, they are just alternative names for the same things. This naming convention survives to this day.

 

[Jord]

There's a through line between Platforms 4 & 5, bidirectional.

Correct, as when i went through back in the summer, we was stuck in the platform for a while, as something in front failed so the area was building up with trains and a 59 stopped in that bidirectional line heading west.