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Reading Railway Station

Reading railway station is a major transport hub in the town of in , England, it is 36 miles west of London Paddington. It is sited on the northern edge of the town centre, near to the main retail and commercial areas and the .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: principal railway station in the English town of Reading
  • Also known as: “RDG”, “Reading General”, “Reading railway station”, and “Reading station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Reading Museum and Reading Abbey.

Museum
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is a museum of the history of the town of , in the county of , and the surrounding area. It is accommodated within , and contains galleries describing the history of Reading and its related industries… is situated 950 feet southeast of Reading Railway Station.

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is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of , in the English county of . It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors and successors." In its heyday the abbey was one of Europe's largest royal monasteries. is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Reading Railway Station.

Pub
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is a Grade II listed public house located at Reading railway station, in , England. It occupies a building originally built in, or before, 1867.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caversham and Coley.

Suburb
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Reading is a large, historic town in in the South East of . It is one of the largest towns without city status in the United Kingdom with just under 235,000 inhabitants.

Suburb
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is an inner-town district near the centre of the town of , in the county of . It is often referred to as Old , to distinguish it from the adjacent, and much more recent, suburb of .

Suburb
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, Reading is a residential area in the town of in , . It is situated in East Reading between the and the .

Reading Railway Station

Latitude
51.45922° or 51° 27′ 33″ north
Longitude
-0.97232° or 0° 58′ 20″ west
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
Operator
Network Rail
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“RDG”
IATA airport code
XRE
Open location code
9C3XF25H+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6605149663
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6953413
Wiki­data ID
Q801355
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yiddish—“Reading Railway Station” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “estació de ferrocarril de Reading”
  • Chinese: “雷丁站”
  • Dutch: “station Reading”
  • Dutch: “Station Reading”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ريادينج”
  • Finnish: “Readingin rautatieasema”
  • French: “gare de Reading”
  • French: “Gare de Reading”
  • French: “Reading”
  • Georgian: “რედინგი (რკინიგზის სადგური)”
  • Georgian: “რედინგი”
  • German: “Bahnhof Reading”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת הרכבת רידינג”
  • Hungarian: “Reading állomás”
  • Italian: “stazione di Reading”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Reading”
  • Japanese: “レディング駅”
  • Marathi: “रेडिंग रेल्वे स्थानक”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه راه‌آهن ردینگ”
  • Polish: “Reading (stacja kolejowa)”
  • Polish: “Reading”
  • Romanian: “gara Reading”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Reading”
  • Spanish: “Reading”
  • Ukrainian: “Редінг (станція)”
  • Ukrainian: “Редінг”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Reading”
  • Yiddish: “רעדינג באן סטאנציע”
  • Yiddish: “רעדינג”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Reading Railway Station”. Photo: John Fielding, CC BY 2.0.