Station Details for Reading West

Station Alerts

• The ticket office will have the following changes to planned availability:

  Wednesday 22 July - closed

  Tickets can be bought from the ticket machine or digitally.

Station Accessible information

• Step-free category:

  Step Free Category B3 - This station has a degree of step free access but only to Platform 1 and only if accessed via Tilehurst Road, through a steep ramp.

  This station is supported by the GWR Mobile Customer Assist Team 07:00-22:00 Mon-Sat and 09:00-20:00 Sun. To book assistance at this station, please either call GWR Passenger Assist on 0800 197 1329, through gwr.com/passengerassist or via the Passenger Assist App by Transreport.

• : B3
• Helpline:

  We want everyone to travel with confidence. That is why, if you are planning on travelling on national rail services, you can request an assistance booking in advance - now up to 2 hours before your journey is due to start, any time of the day. For more information about Passenger Assist and how to request an assistance booking via Passenger Assist, please click here.

• Help Points: 1
• Induction Loop: Induction loops are only in Help Points
• Accessible Toilets: No
• Changing Places: No
• Staff Assistance:
  • Monday to Friday 06:30-18:30
  • Saturday 09:30-15:30
  • Sunday 10:30-16:30
  • Meeting point: platform.
  • This station is supported by the GWR Mobile Customer Assist Team 07:00-22:00 Mon-Sat and 09:00-20:00 Sun. To book assistance at this station, please either call GWR Passenger Assist on 0800 197 1329, through gwr.com/passengerassist or via the Passenger Assist App by Transreport.
• Train Ramp: Ramps are kept at this station to provide assistance
• Wheelchairs Available: No
• Passenger Assistance:
  • Ticket Office (Staffed Station)

    The ticket office is located in the station building off Oxford road.

  • Platform (When Unstaffed)

    Make your way onto the platform. This station has driver only trains. GWR mobile assistance team will provide booked assistance.

• Drop-off / pick-up points:

  • Drop-off/pick-up

    The drop-off and/or pick-up point is accessed via an uncontrolled road crossing such as a zebra crossing

    This is a combined drop-off and pick-up point

    There is space for up to 3 vehicles to drop-off and/or pick-up

    There is no Help Point close to the drop-off and/or pick-up point

• Accessible ticket counters:
  • Ticket buying and collection

    There are ticket counters here

    There is no Low-Level counter here

    There are only induction loops at high-level ticket counters

    There are ticket machines here

    There is limited space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair

    The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users

• Accessible ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection. There is limited space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair. The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users
• Printed local info: There is printed information available
• Announcements: Announcements are made both visually and audibly
• Customer service notes:

  Please visit GWR Help & Support. Or contact our social media team @gwrhelp.

Station General information

• Station operator: Great Western Railway
• Ticket office:
  • Monday to Friday 06:30-10:45
• Ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection
• Collect online booked tickets: Yes
• London fare zone:
• Oyster card:
• Smartcard: Yes
• Contactless cards: No
• Sheltered waiting available: No
• Waiting rooms:
• First class lounge: No
• Staffing level: Part Time
• Information from staff:
  • Yes - from help point
• Staff assistance:
  • Meeting point: platform.
  • This station is supported by the GWR Mobile Customer Assist Team 07:00-22:00 Mon-Sat and 09:00-20:00 Sun. To book assistance at this station, please either call GWR Passenger Assist on 0800 197 1329, through gwr.com/passengerassist or via the Passenger Assist App by Transreport.
• Toilets:
• Baby changing available: No
• Transport links:
  • Replacement Bus.

    Towards Theale - Bus stop outside McDonalds (A329 Oxford Road) Towards Reading - Bus stop underneath railway bridge.

  • Bus.

    Information to plan your onward journey is available in a printable format here

  • Airport.

    Find out more about links from GWR stations to airports.

• CCTV available: Yes
• WiFi available:
• Refreshments:
• Shops:
• Luggage storage: No
• Lost property: Yes
• ATM machine: No
• Currency exchange: No
• Postbox: No
• Defibrillator available: No
• Trolleys available: No
• Cycle storage:
• Car parks:
• Taxi rank available: No
• Customer information screens:
  • Departure Screens
  • Announcements

Station lift information

• No lift information available