Slough train station the layout at Slough has been somewhat simplified. In its heyday, every corner of the station featured a siding or bay platform of some kind the station featured a siding or bay platform of some kind. Apparently inexplicable architectural clues remain around the station to show where these facilities were. The sidings were removed in the 1980s and replaced by an access road,
. at track level, under the Stoke Road Bridge to the West Car Park " built on part of the engine shed site. At the west end of Platform 5, which is on the north side of the station, were two long sidings alongside a loading bank. This was probably used for loading carriages onto flat wagons. It was removed a long time ago. For more info go to http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/SLO.html