BREAKING: Crossrail project could come to Reading

The Government is expected to announce tomorrow that the Crossrail project will come to Reading.

The £16 billion scheme would link the town with Central London and the east without the need to change trains at Paddington.

It is by far the biggest rail upgrade scheme ever in the Thames Valley.

A new tunnel is being built between Paddington and Liverpool Street aimed at relieving congestion.

The scheme when announced in the 1990s was meant to come to Reading, but was later cut to only go to Maidenhead to save hundreds of millions of pounds.

The original scheme had the route going to Ebbsfleet in Kent, but it is unclear if that will happen.

MPs and council leaders have long campaigned for the link which will almost certainly lead to a massive jobs and housing boost.