Reading station's subway used to be a dark and unwelcoming place. After the station was given a new footbridge in the 1980s it was taken out of use. The rebuilding of the station saw the subway reopened in 2014. It no longer connects the platforms but instead provides a public footpath between the north and south sides of the station, replacing an inconvenient facility on the footbridge. This view shows the view from the new north entrance to the refurbished subway.