The £16 billion Crossrail project is coming to Reading
The Government has announced that the Crossrail project will link Reading with Central London and the east - without passengers needing to change trains at Paddington.
Reading MP welcomes extension of Crossrail
Reading East MP, Rob Wilson has welcomed the Government’s expected announcement this morning that Crossrail will extend to Reading, after initial plans for the service to run only as far as Maidenhead.
Crossrail will extend to Reading from 2019. But Mr Wilson says it is only the first of a 2-stage process in delivering the full benefits of Crossrail for Reading.
He said: “This first phase will not reap the full benefits that Crossrail can and should bring to benefit people and businesses in Reading and the wider region. Because there will be so many stops between here and London, journey times to London will be no faster than they are now.
“I am therefore pleased that the rail minister has announced that the infrastructure improvements needed to deliver a more rapid and direct Crossrail service with fewer stops and faster journey times will be fully analysed as part of the next investment review."
It is hoped that Phase 2 of the Crossrail infrastructure improvements would be in place by 2021.
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