STATION MODERNISATION & EQUIPMENT
Reading station – almost there
Keith Moverley, project director at Tata Steel Projects, gives an update on the Reading project.
ata Steel Projects commenced work in April 2008 to design the infrastructure requirements for remodelling the Reading station area. The goal behind this was to improve operability of the station, and enhance the station environment.
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Tata Steel Projects was engaged to undertake the design of the permanent way layout of Reading station and the surrounding area and this formed the backbone of the works that were undertaken at the station. In conjunction with architectural partner Grimshaw, and communication specialists Fourway Communication Ltd, Tata Steel Projects redesigned the station to incorporate the following:
• New ticket hall and staff accommodation in the northern building
• An additional gate line on the southern side (Western Gateline) • A new transfer deck structure provided to access platforms 7 -15 • New platforms 12-15 • New platform 4
• Existing platforms 5 and 6 rebuilt in areas and increased in length • Platform 7 widened
• New canopies to all 15 platforms • New platform buildings
• Refurbishment and extension of the subway
The works at Reading are moving at a tremendous pace, with the ‘fi rst phase’ of the station successfully completed in April 2013, and the entire station on track to be completed in spring 2014.
Tata Steel Projects and its partners are undertaking the design support on behalf of Network Rail. They have been heavily involved,
working closely with Network Rail and Costain/ Hochtief Joint Venture, their sub-contractors and other stakeholders, to help overcome the design issues during the build phase.
Both the Northern Entrance and the Western Gateline are almost complete. Again, Tata Steel Projects worked closely with Costain to ensure a fully designed, coordinated and integrated
The existing subway under the station has been extensively refurbished and extended.
This provides a through route connection for the general public between the north and south areas of Reading. This opened on schedule at the end of February.
Great care has been taken to make this a welcoming and inviting space, which has been designed to be light and bright. The whole length of the subway has CCTV coverage to enhance public safety.
Once the subway is complete and operational the existing link-span bridge between the car park and the station will be closed and removed, thus allowing completion of the platform works.
All of the existing platforms are being refurbished, with an
system. Architectural designs have been fi nalised to allow the fi nishes in the buildings and transfer deck to be completed to a very high standard.
Interlinked between the two entrances buildings will be a passenger transfer deck. This deck will be three times wider than the existing link-span bridge.
The waiting environment will be signifi cantly improved and will give a fantastic viewing platform, not just of the railway and the approaching trains, but of the surrounding Reading area, with views at the northern end overlooking the Thames and beyond. From the transfer deck there will be considerably more lifts, escalators and stairs that will transport passengers to and from the platforms.
additional fi ve platforms being added under the scheme. All of the platforms have new canopies included. The canopies have been designed to allow in more light, giving the station a lighter and brighter feel.
The new canopies and platform accommodation buildings have been designed in tandem, and their modular kit-of-parts designs are complementary, structurally, and aesthetically.
In addition to this, all the CCTV, passenger information screens, public address systems and operational fi ttings and fi xtures have been designed to incorporate into the depth of the canopy to reduce visual clutter.
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rail technology magazine Apr/May 13 | 201
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