York Reading Train

York railway station, operated by East Coast, serves the historic North Yorkshire city of York. The station lies on the East Coast Main Line which connects London to Peterborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, York, Darlington, Newcastle and Edinburgh. The station is roughly 190 miles from both London and Edinburgh. The station has a staffed ticket office although passengers should note that it is not open in the late evening. Passengers are able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station.

All platforms except 9, 10 and 11 are under the large, curved, glass and iron roof and are accessed via a long footbridge (which also connects to the National Railway Museum) or via lifts and either of two pedestrian tunnels.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, public wifi, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities.

Passenger services calling at the station are operated by CrossCountry, East Midlands Trains, First TransPennine Express, Grand Central, East Coast and Northern Rail. Between them passenger services depart towards Durham, Newcastle Central, London King's Cross, Doncaster, Aberdeen, Penzance, Southampton Central, Leeds, Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St Davids, Reading, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Hartlepool, Sunderland and Blackpool North.

Parking is available at the station for 604 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

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.