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« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2025, 12:38:40 »
Alterations to services between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway via Reading

Due to a points failure between Slough and Hayes & Harlington some lines towards London Paddington are closed. Disruption is expected until 14:15 05/02.

Train services between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway via Reading will be suspended between Reading and London Paddington. All stations between Reading and London Paddington will not be served.

........also affecting services towards Newbury.
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« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2025, 16:35:47 »
Cancellations to services between Reading and London Paddington

Due to a speed restriction over defective track between Reading and London Paddington fewer trains are able to run on all lines.

Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled, delayed or terminated at and started back from Reading. Some stations between Reading and London Paddington will not be served. Disruption is expected until the end of the day
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« Reply #17 on: February 08, 2025, 09:47:35 »
And again today - after a reasonably good start to the year, slipping back into the old routine

Cancellations to services between Reading and London Paddington

Due to a speed restriction over defective track between Reading and London Paddington fewer trains are able to run on all lines.

Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
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« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2025, 10:03:12 »
I'll prepare another new topic, ready for 2026.  Grin
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« Reply #19 on: February 08, 2025, 23:04:41 »
Gonna be fun at Paddington ...

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Sun, 9 February 08:44 London Paddington to Penzance due 14:06
Sun, 9 February 08:46 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 11:14
Sun, 9 February 09:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 10:43
Sun, 9 February 09:16 London Paddington to Oxford due 10:15
Sun, 9 February 09:28 London Paddington to Carmarthen due 13:17

09/02/25 09:28 London Paddington to Carmarthen due 13:17 will be cancelled.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track.

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Sun, 9 February 07:36 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 10:15
Sun, 9 February 07:38 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway due 08:57
Sun, 9 February 07:47 London Paddington to Penzance due 13:32
Sun, 9 February 07:57 London Paddington to Exeter St Davids due 10:57
Sun, 9 February 08:28 London Paddington to Swansea due 11:22
Sun, 9 February 08:48 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway due 09:53

08:48 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway due 09:53 will be started from Reading.
It will no longer call at London Paddington, Slough, Maidenhead and Twyford.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track.

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Sun, 9 February 09:45 London Paddington to Penzance due 15:06
09/02/25 09:45 London Paddington to Penzance due 15:06 will be starting late from London Paddington and is expected to be 30 minutes late.
This is due to urgent repairs to the track earlier today.
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« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2025, 07:19:17 »
Cancellations to services between Ealing Broadway and London Paddington

Due to urgent repairs to the track between Ealing Broadway and London Paddington all lines are blocked.

Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled or revised. Disruption is expected until 13:00 09/02.

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Network Rail have declared a possession overrun for this morning whilst carrying out essential track maintenance.
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Owing to this, GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) services will not be able to run past Reading on journeys towards London Paddington and no services can depart London Paddington heading towards Reading. Some Elizabeth Line services will run but only as far as Ealing Broadway.
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« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2025, 10:31:16 »
This may be due to a very late start to the engineering work as the stop board was placed on the wrong track and destroyed by an IET▸ (Intercity Express Train).

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G68678/2025-02-08/detailed#allox_id=0

was the train involved I believe.

And some interesting decision making being done as well, the driver was happy to keep going but others decided he wasn't fit to continue.
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« Reply #22 on: February 12, 2025, 18:11:41 »
Delays due to defective track. Non-specific location.
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« Reply #23 on: February 12, 2025, 21:44:44 »
Quote from: NickB on February 12, 2025, 18:11:41
Delays due to defective track. Non-specific location.

Specifically Southall!

Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Newbury via Reading

Due to a broken rail at Southall fewer trains are able to run on some lines. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

Train services between London Paddington and Newbury via Reading may be cancelled.

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Due to a broken track in the Southhall area, only a limited number of trains are able to run on this line. As a result, some train services may be cancelled or delayed

.....also affecting Didcot services.
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« Reply #24 on: February 12, 2025, 22:30:48 »
Ah Southall was it?!
2hrs to get home to Maidenhead tonight via Elizabeth Line tonight including getting retrained at Slough so that the empty train could arrive at Reading faster.

Interesting to see how the timetabling and track priorities shift over the evening. During rush hour the Didcot services were running fine and the Elizabeth Line trains ran slow with 40min delays. Now, at the end of the day, Didcots are cancelled and tfl is running ok(ish)
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« Reply #25 on: February 19, 2025, 06:00:04 »
Alterations to services between Reading and London Paddington

Due to a speed restriction over defective track between Reading and London Paddington trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines.
Train services running to and from these stations will be delayed or terminated at and started back from Reading. Disruption is expected until 09:00 19/02.
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We are sorry for the delay to your journey today. Due to a section of faulty track in the Hanwell area, our trains have to run at a reduced speed over the fault. Network Rail are trying to fix the fault, but in the meantime we are going to have to cancel some of our trains between Reading and London Paddington. This is necessary to prevent a traffic jam of trains building up as they slow down over the faulty track.
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Our trains that run between Newbury and London Paddington will only run between Newbury and Reading.
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« Reply #26 on: February 19, 2025, 07:19:27 »
Bust track at both Hanwell and Ealing Broadway.
Everything is delayed. Yay.
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« Reply #27 on: Today at 06:02:45 »
Delays to services between Slough and Reading

Due to a points failure between Slough and Reading some lines are blocked.

Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed by up to 15 minutes. Disruption is expected until 10:00 21/02.

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We are sorry for the delay to your journey today.


Can you tell me more about the incident?
A set of points on one of the lines between Slough and Reading has failed.
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