and ride site at Mereoak south of the M4. Between Reading and Green Park frequencies vary from 4 buses per hour during weekday peak periods to every 45 minutes on Saturdays. Plans for a Reading Green Park railway station on the Reading–Basingstoke line were first mooted in the mid-2000s. The planning application was approved in April 2015, with construction then expected to start in October 2016. A subsequent delay to the planned electrification of the line beyond 2019 raised fears that it might not be possible to provide a train service to the station on its opening, as the existing diesel trains lacked sufficient acceleration to add an extra stop without reducing line capacity. However, the station is now set to open in early 2023. Route 23 of the National Cycle Network follows a traffic-free routing through the centre of Green Park, on its way from Reading to Basingstoke. Green Park wind turbine The most visible feature of Green Park is an Enercon E-70 wind turbine, adjacent to the M4 motorway, and billed as the UK's most visible turbine. The blades are long, with a tower height of . At a wind speed of the machine generates 2.05 MW of electricity (less for lower wind speeds), which is enough to power around 1,500 homes. It is owned and operated by Ecotricity and was completed in November 2005. Facilities Most of the facilities for Green Park are located on Lime Square, alongside the southern access road to the park and opposite the wind turbine. This offers a day nursery, Childbase, for pre-school children, as well as a play area for children up to 10 years, The Mad House Play & Party World. There is also a Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Centre, a waterside brasserie called Zest at Lime Square, an Asda Click & Collect, and a WH Smith store. At the opposite end of the park, 100 Longwater Avenue contains the Byte Café and is home to the Green Park Conference Centre, which hosts meeting rooms and amenities for various sized meetings and conferences. Sport The business park is adjacent to the Madejski Stadium, home of Reading Football Club and the London Irish rugby club. The UK's third largest annual running event, the Reading Half Marathon starts from within the business park, which provides the space needed for pre-race marshalling of the large numbers of competitors, and finishes in the