However the station building and platforms are within the civil parish of Burghfield in the West Berkshire unitary authority.

[6] In October 2011, the owners of the business park, Prupim, announced that plans for the station had been suspended after a local housing development project had been scaled down.

[8] It was reported in July 2014, that a £17 million Government investment in road and rail projects in Berkshire will include a sum for the station, enabling building work to start in 2015–16.

[13] The station was planned to open in 2018, which should have coincided with electrification of the Reading – Basingstoke Line and introduction of new or refurbished trains.

The proposed service was discussed at a meeting of Reading Borough Council's strategic environment, planning and transport committee in November 2015.

Concern was expressed that delay to the electrification of the railway line between Southcote Junction and Basingstoke could adversely affect the proposed train service.

Each phase was built only when there is the required funding or demand: In July 2016, the Berkshire Local Transport Body (BLTB) awarded an additional £3 million to the initial £6.4 million contract for Green Park Station after a review concluded "a significant increase in the forecast passenger demand for the station in comparison to the calculations undertaken in 2013".

[3][23] All services at Reading Green Park are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 165 and 166 DMUs.