and an extra bay platform for the Wokingham lines. A new footbridge on the western side of the station, replacing the 1989 footbridge. This also included a new entrance on the southern side, for ticket holders only. A new street-level entrance and ticket office on the northern side of the station. The original subway was converted into a pedestrian underpass between the two sides of the station, with no access to the platforms. Making the Cow Lane bridge under the tracks two-way with a cycle path. A flyover to the west of the station for trains to allow fast trains to cross over the lines to Reading West, replacing the flat junction. A section of track beneath the flyover to provide a connection between Reading West and the relief lines. The redevelopment was designed to provide provision for future Crossrail and Heathrow Airtrack services at Reading station. The improvements have allowed capacity for at least 4 extra trains in each direction every hour and 6 extra freight trains a day (equivalent to 200 lorries). The local council has also planned developments of the surrounding area in association with the developments at the station. The cost of the project rose to £897m, but it was completed a year earlier than expected. The rebuilt station was reopened by Queen Elizabeth II on 17 July 2014. Network Rail took over management of the station from First Great Western in April 2014. Electrification of the Great Western main line through Reading station was completed in time for electric trains to commence service between Paddington and Didcot Parkway on 2 January 2018. Motive power depot The GWR built a small engine shed in the junction of the lines to Didcot and those to Basingstoke in 1841. This was enlarged and rebuilt in 1876 and again in 1930. It was closed by British Railways in 1965 and replaced by a purpose-built Traction Maintenance Depot. This was subsequently relocated by Network Rail, during the redevelopment works in the early 2010s, to the northern side of the tracks to the west of the station. Accidents and incidents Extreme weather was the cause of an early casualty in the station's history. On 24 March 1840, whilst the station was nearing completion, 24-year-old Henry West was working on the station roof when a freak wind (described at the time as a tornado) lifted that section of the roof, carrying it