Reading town centre, (part 1 of 2) - it's another lift tour...!

[blindinglights02]

I built the car park. That job was a laugh.

[MrUNIXman]

Great Video

[benobve]

Great video

You don't need a ticket to walk along the bridge from the main station to the carpark. the bridge is divided into two walk ways, one side you can walk between the car park and station without a ticket and the other side you need a ticket because that is where the steps are to the platforms. one of the lifts to the platforms is on the wrong side of the bridge, so this makes the ticket barriers useless as people could just go down the lift without a ticket.

[mrmattandmrchay]

Oh I see. I walked to the other end of the bridge (station end) but saw ticket barriers, so I walked back to the car park. I didn't have that much time, and also, as I had been in that area for a while (waiting for all the people to go away) I was beginning to look suspicious, so was eager to get out of there (I didn't want a "Bentalls Centre" experience like you did!)

Matt

[leethomas84]

Glad to see the Broad St Express Lift is working again!

[Meanmanmartin2007]

Thanks ever so much for uploading this. Was the "out of service" lift in that car park thats linked to the station via a bridge.

Also, do you know why the buttons in this set of lifts only went to the odd numbered floors and not the even ones? How do passengers get to the even floor numbers?

[mrmattandmrchay]

I think it's the way the car park levels are, in relation to the lift levels.

In other words, when you drive into the car park at level 1, the lifts are on YOUR SIDE of the car park. If you go up the ramp to level 2, there are no lifts on this side, until you go up to level 3, etc.

Yes, this is the long stay car park. The bridge can be seen from google earth.

I actually filmed walking across the bridge but you need train ticket to continue. I edited it out as it wasn't that interesting!

[Meanmanmartin2007]

Thanks for explaining how it works. I think I've been in another car park like that before.

I didn't realise you needed a ticket to walk along that bridge.

Aren't there some other lifts at Reading Station that go between the platforms and the foot bridge and subway etc? I see them whenever I pass through there.

[mrmattandmrchay]

In the station, the only place that 'I found' you could go is down the first lift. There were ticket barriers to access the platform.

From the long stay car park-the same, walk along bridge and there is another row of ticket barriers. i don't know is the answer!

I'm 100% sure there were Express Lifts here at one time. They had a 7-seg displays and went from G to 7. I don't know where they could have been, unless they were the lifts at 2:20, and have been modernised?

[Balarick]

@mrmattandmrchay in New Haven CT USA i found a pair of elevators. one serves S,2,4,6. the other one covers S,1,3,5. you can ride either then walk up or down as needed to find your car.

some British lifts look nicer than in the USA. Your fixtures/buttons are brighter as well.

[mas90009]

wow great motor sounds

I like hydraulic sounds