{"id":7922,"date":"2026-02-28T16:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/?p=7922"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:10:49","slug":"reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/?p=7922","title":{"rendered":"Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the main hubs outside of London, Reading stands as a location that can magically make any train fare suddenly increase dramatically in price.  Something that Shades found out when booking his tickets before we set off &#8211; a job that ended up being done at a booking office as the sudden price hike when even sniffing around the concept of Reading was alarming to the point of thinking it was incorrect.  Reading itself was quite a nice station, though options for good photos were limited unless you&#8217;re a giraffe.  Once a sign had been located, we made the hike over to the correct platform, passing a pastry shop along the way.  Some rather expensive but quite tasty nibbles purchased, and we were heading down to our train.  Next stop, our destination for the day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other photos at this station:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7883\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pupallthestations.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260301_135607-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=700 height=525 class=\"size-large wp-image-7883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260301_135607-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260301_135607-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260301_135607-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260301_135607-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260301_135607-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260301_135607-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Condor poses with the retro sign at Reading station for the return trip on 01\/03\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Other pups to visit this station:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3064\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pup_astro_\/status\/1214190339394875393\" target=\"_Blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pupallthestations.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pup-Astro-at-Reading-2020-01-06-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=700 height=932 class=\"size-large wp-image-3064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pup-Astro-at-Reading-2020-01-06-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pup-Astro-at-Reading-2020-01-06-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pup-Astro-at-Reading-2020-01-06-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pup-Astro-at-Reading-2020-01-06-624x831.jpg 624w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pup-Astro-at-Reading-2020-01-06.jpg 961w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Astro captured Reading station on 06\/01\/2020. Click to visit the Twitter post.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5899\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pupallthestations.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Captain-Storm-at-Reading-2024-08-31-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=700 height=933 class=\"size-large wp-image-5899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Captain-Storm-at-Reading-2024-08-31-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Captain-Storm-at-Reading-2024-08-31-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Captain-Storm-at-Reading-2024-08-31-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Captain-Storm-at-Reading-2024-08-31-rotated.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Storm visited Reading station on 31\/08\/2024 for Reading Pride. Pic submitted via Telegram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5903\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pupallthestations.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Carter-at-Reading-2024-08-31-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Carter-at-Reading-2024-08-31-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Carter-at-Reading-2024-08-31-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Carter-at-Reading-2024-08-31-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Carter-at-Reading-2024-08-31-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Carter-at-Reading-2024-08-31-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Carter-at-Reading-2024-08-31.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carter captured Reading station on 31\/08\/2024. Pic submitted via Telegram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the main hubs outside of London, Reading stands as a location that can magically make any train fare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-location"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7922"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7931,"href":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7922\/revisions\/7931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigertails.co.uk\/pupallthestations\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}