Reading–Basingstoke line south of Southcote Junction in the Green Park business park, serving the southern suburbs of Reading and also the Madejski Stadium. Construction on Reading Green Park railway station was expected to be completed in 2010, the plans were suspended in 2011, but were reinstated in 2013. It is planned to open by December 2018, with electrification along the line at a later date. Reading–Basingstoke line The Reading–Basingstoke line is a short railway link between the South Western Main Line and the Great Western Main Line, constructed by the Great Western Railway between 1846 and 1848. The line is served by
Shenandoah (B&O train) The "Shenandoah" operated to New York City via Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, until April 26, 1958, when the B&O discontinued passenger service north of Baltimore. As passenger patronage on American railroads continued to decline in the 1960s, the combination sleeper-dome and dining cars were dropped, and were renamed the "Diplomat" in 1964 and then dropped altogether in 1967. Amtrak revived the name in the 1970s for the short-lived "Shenandoah", a Washington—Cincinnati train. In 1961, westbound "Shenandoah" Train # 7 operated on the following schedule (departure times at principal stops shown): Shenandoah (B&O train) The Shenandoah was an American named passenger train of