Station guide
Reading West station
Reading West station serves Reading, Berkshire. This page brings its practical station information together with links for planning and Delay Repay checks.
RDWThe ticket office will have the following changes to planned availability: Friday 21 August - CLOSED Friday 28 August - Closed Tickets can be bought from the ticket machine or digitally.
Station facilities
- Step-free access
- B3, step-free access only to some platforms
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…
- Lifts
- No
- Toilets
- No
Station Building
- Accessible toilets
- No
- Baby changing
- No
- Ticket office
- Yes
- Ticket machines
- Yes
- Contactless
- No
- Oyster
- No
- Smartcard validators
- No
- Waiting room
- No
- Refreshments
- No
- Wi-Fi
- No
- Cycle storage
- No
- Cycle spaces
- 0
- Accessible parking
- Yes
- Bus connections
- Yes
- Drop-off / pick-up
- Yes
- Staff help
- Yes
Ticket office hours
- Monday–Friday: 06:30–10:45
Facilities from the NationalRail Knowledgebase via Rail Data Marketplace. Station record updated 2026-08-21. Always check live accessibility information before travel.