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Title: 25.11.1899 - Reading station works "almost complete" Post by: grahame on November 25, 2023, 09:50:16 From the Didcot Railway Centre on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DidcotRailwayCentre/posts/on-this-day-in-history-25-november-1899-the-great-western-railway-announced-that/6444979722195528/)
Quote On this day in history – 25 November 1899, the Great Western Railway announced that the works at its new Reading station were almost complete. There would now be .... I think they may have been struggling for a railway "on this day" too ;D Title: Re: 25.11.1899 - Reading station works "almost complete" Post by: stuving on November 25, 2023, 14:25:03 In fact the work was not completed in 1899, due to ... you know ... and it was still described as not yet completed in October 1900. GWR don't see to have made a big thing about it when they did finish; given the work being done on other new stations and new lines at the time, perhaps the work at Reading didn't exactly stop on a particular day.
Anyway, here's some figures from the press at the time for Reading station: Trains serving - 300 daily Slip coaches off - 12 daily Uniform men - 200 Engines kept - 40 Levers at work - 500 This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |