There may be a platform alteration.....

I had my fingers crossed all day yesterday as I was heading South by train. I rarely have a hassle free journey so was astonished (yes, really) when I arrived in  Birmingham unscathed.  I headed off for a cup of tea and a conference call to a place of culture before resuming my journey.  And that’s when my travel disruption powers automatically activated, for my train to Reading was delayed for 90 minutes!  Clearly my inner desire to view hitherto unseen railway architecture had worked, although the remodelled New Street Station fails to meet my criteria of a beautiful station!