The teams have run into various problems. Many of the training fields were never completed, forcing teams to share facilities and practice at uncomfortable hours.

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It was served with an injunction preventing any further work but the exterior was already completed and facilities including a training centre, medical facility, pool and table tennis tables, satellite television, internet and washing machines, have been set up inside.

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Services through Reading were suspended over the Easter weekend and earlier this month to allow new track and passenger facilities to be completed.

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It has recently completed an upgrade of television facilities, including the 30, 000 sq ft Richard Attenborough Stage which opened in April, in a bid to play a bigger role in the UK's independent television production.

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