A skew arch bridge took the line over the Holy Brook, after which a semaphore signal 618 yards (565 m) from the junction was situated.

[1][7][10] At about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the junction, the line reached its first lineside industry, a jam factory belonging to the Co-operative Society that was served by sidings.

Just before the bridge, the line started to spread out into a number of sidings, which after the bridge became Reading Central Goods depot[1][7][10] Located between the River Kennet and the Holy Brook, the depot yard had 12 sidings—located in six pairs—with accommodation for approximately 300 wagons carrying goods such as coal, timber, brick, stone, hay, straw and fertiliser.

At Bear Wharf, adjacent to County Lock on the Kennet, another siding was built to allow trans-shipment of goods between rail and barge, with locomotives sometimes being used to tow vessels short distances against the current.

With the decline of the river's use for goods transport the wharf closed in 1969, whilst the brewery siding was severed by the building of the Inner Distribution Road, opened the same year.