Thames Valley p&r extended

As Winnersh Triangle park & ride users will know, the park & ride moved, temporarily, on 29 November to Thames Valley Park. This was due to works at the park & ride site severely limiting car parking spaces. 

After talks with Wokingham Borough Council, funding was provided to run a new temporary park and ride service, numbered 400, from the new Thames Valley Par car park until Christmas - which was then extended until at least end of February.

The great news is that further funding has been agreed to keep the park & ride operating at Thames Valley Park until at least May. As before, we will continue to run the temporary park & ride as long as possible until the works at the Winnersh Triangle site are completed, dependent on funding.

information on the Thames Valley park & ride

route

The new car park is at the end of the A329 just before Thames Valley Park. After leaving the car park, buses will run the normal route into town via London Road and Cemetery Junction. 

Click here for a map of the new car park. 

times

The 400 service runs every 15 minutes with first and last buses at the same times as the timetable at Winnersh Triangle to try and keep things as simple as possible.

The timetable can be seen by clicking here. 

fares

Fares were unaffected so regular customers were able to continue to use their tickets and passes. To check the fares, see our park & ride fares page.

Regular customers who used the Winnersh Triangle park and ride service to commute from town to the Winnersh Triangle business park will temporarily need to use Reading Buses lion 4/X4 to the Cavendish Gardens stop and walk underneath the railway to reach their work - park & ride tickets and passes will be accepted on this service.

Season tickets that had already been bought for Winnersh Triangle park & ride are valid on both the lion 4/X4 and the ‘new’ Thames Valley park & ride services.

other park & ride

The existing southern Reading Mereoak park & ride is still open and may also be convenient, depending on where you are travelling from. You can find out more about fares and the route here.

Whilst in the interim, the works at the site are causing disruption, we do see the long-term benefits. Once complete, there will be significantly more capacity for park and ride users, both at the car park and on the recently upgraded buses.

We also want to thank Wokingham Borough Council for their support to help maintain this important park & ride link.