Stylish hotel and brasserie in historic station building opposite reading station malmaison reading occupies the oldest surviving station hotel in the world built in 1844 and is opposite reading railway station in the city center youll be within a 5 minute walk of the oracle shopping center and the reading museum and town hall ancient ruins nightlife for a taste of the towns history its a 5 minute stroll to the 19th century forbury gardens site of the ruins of the 12th century reading