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In 2011, it was announced that Wokingham station would be redeveloped from spring 2012 to spring 2013 [13] at a cost of £6 million. [14] The initial plan involved a new station building further along the platform, nearer to Reading than the existing building and creating a new spur road linking Wellington Road to the Reading Road.
The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the year of closure if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to be included in this list and some have been linked. Stations listed are those being available to the public thus excluding some private unadvertised stations, military use, railway staff only use or for other ...
Share capital was to be £300,000, for a double track line 18 miles long from Staines to Wokingham, with a branch five miles long through Chobham to Woking. At Wokingham the line would connect to the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway; running powers would get trains to Reading. [1] The SW&WJR opened from Staines to Ascot on 4 June 1856.
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A goods yard was constructed at the station in 1859-60. [97] Wokingham Junction was created in 1856, when the line from Ascot opened. A Class 166 heads towards Guildford after departing from Wokingham station. Several connections between the North Downs Line and other lines were created in the second half of the 19th century.
A new development for the station environment, known as Winnersh Triangle Parkway, has been proposed by Wokingham Borough Council. This will involve the addition of a parking deck over the existing Park and Ride car park that will add an extra 130 parking spaces, a revamp of the ticket office and waiting areas inside the station building, and ...
Next to go were the route to Northumberland Avenue and the branch to the stations, which ceased on 31 December 1967. The Liverpool Road and Armour Hill branches closed on 3 March 1968, leaving just the main line from Tilehurst to Wokingham Road, which lasted until 3 November 1968, with trolleybus No.144 making the final ceremonial trip. [7]
Extensions were constructed to the Wokingham Road and London Road (both from Cemetery Junction), and new routes added to Whitley, Caversham Road, Erleigh Road and Bath Road. The trams operated from a new depot in Mill Lane, a site that was to remain Reading Transport's main depot until it was demolished to make way for The Oracle shopping mall ...