Tilehurst Station Upgrade Campaign

The issue:

One of Alok’s top priorities as an MP has been to campaign to improve local transport infrastructure that will help boost Reading’s economy.

  • Tilehurst Station is currently undergoing improvement works to install a new footbridge to improve accessibility.
In the Press
Tilehurst Station Latest News
Image
Alok Sharma MP and Cllr Raj Singh at Tilehurst Station
Sharma welcomes progress for step-free access at Tilehurst Station
10 March 2023

A £4m project will see new lifts and walkways installed, ensuring all platforms are fully accessible for the first time.
Image
Alok Sharma visits Theale Station
Rail Investment
30 September 2020

Alok Sharma has welcomed the Government’s £18 million investment in West Berkshire and Reading Borough train stations.
Image
Alok Sharma welcomes accessibility win for Tilehurst station
30 October 2019

Alok Sharma has welcomed a positive announcement about plans to improve accessibility at Tilehurst station.
Image
Tilehurst Station
3 December 2018

Alok Sharma, Member of Parliament for Reading West, is formally supporting a bid by Great Western Railway (GWR) for Government money from the Access for All fund to improve access at Tilehurst station.
Image
Meeting with Network Rail CEO
3 December 2018

Alok Sharma, Member of Parliament for Reading West, today met with the new Network Rail Chief Executive, Andrew Haines, along with Mark Langman, Western Route Managing Director.
Theale and Tilehurst Station upgrades still on track despite delays
16 January 2015

Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West, pressed for answers on when upgrade works will take place at Tilehurst and Theale stations during a meeting held last week, with First Great Western Managing Director Mark Hopwood and Rail Minister Claire Perry MP.
Image
Rail Minister agrees to meeting with First Great Western on overcrowding
1 December 2014

Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West, has held discussions with Rail Minister Claire Perry MP to discuss rail overcrowding and secured her agreement to hold a meeting together with Mark Hopwood, Managing Director of First Great Western.