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Sheffield Train Station

Sheffield railway station (previously known as Pond Street) is operated by East Midlands Trains and serves the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield. The station is located on the Midland Main Line which connects London St. Pancras station to the northern city of Sheffield via Luton, Bedford, Kettering, Leicester, East Midlands Parkway, Derby/Nottingham and Chesterfield. The station has a staffed ticket office and passengers are also able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, cafes, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. The main entrance to the station faces Sheaf Square where passengers can also find a taxi rank.

Passenger services calling at the station are operated by CrossCountry, East Midlands Trains, First TransPennine Express and Northern Rail. Between them passengers are offered services that depart towards London St Pancras, Derby, Leicester, East Midlands Parkway, Norwich, Nottingham, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Edinburgh Waverley, Newcastle Central, Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Leeds and Lincoln.

Parking is available at the station for 678 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

Reading Train Station

Located in Berkshire, Reading railway station offers passengers services to destinations including London Paddington, Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa, Chippenham, Swindon, Cardiff Central, Swansea, Exeter St Davids, Plymouth, Newquay, Birmingham New Street, Birmingham International, Southampton, Bournemouth, London Waterloo and London Heathrow Airport.

Reading railway station is operated by Network Rail and is located on the Great Western Main Line which connects London Paddington station to the west of England and South Wales. To the west of the station, the line splits into two branches, allowing it to serve a variety of communities in the West and South West of England and onward into South Wales. At either Cardiff Central or Swansea connections with the Arriva Trains Wales boat train to/from Fishguard Harbour railway station are available. This in turn connects with the Stena Line ferry to Rosslare Europort in Ireland. It is the third busiest interchange station outside London, after Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly, with almost 3.8 million passengers changing trains at the station annually. Passenger services calling at the station are operated by CrossCountry, South West Trains and First Great Western.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, public wifi, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. Parking is available at the station for 1,275 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.