Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2020

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[bobm]

I was watching on Open Train Times and it seemed everything came to a stop just east of Reading around 9am.

1A10 (07:49 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington) and 1A72 (05:34 Plymouth to London Paddington) were both at a stand just after leaving the platform.    Both then returned to the station.  After a while 1A10 continued empty to North Pole Depot while 1A72 went to Paddington arriving nearly an hour late.   It had already been delayed by problems on the Berks & Hants.

Caused delays to quite a few westbound services as well.

[stuving]

1A10 is showing as "cancelled between Reading and London Paddington due to an issue with the train crew (TG)." So maybe a driver taken ill?

[TaplowGreen]

Cancellations to services between Reading and Bedwyn

Due to a road vehicle colliding with level crossing barriers between Reading and Bedwyn trains have to run at reduced speed on all lines towards Bedwyn.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 18:00 03/11.

[TaplowGreen]

Cancellations to services between Maidenhead and Bourne End

Due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time between Maidenhead and Bourne End all lines are blocked.
Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled or suspended. Disruption is expected until 18:30 14/11.

[TaplowGreen]

Oh dear.......

Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Reading

Due to damage to the overhead electric wires between London Paddington and Reading all lines are blocked.


Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

[TaplowGreen]

Oh dear.......

Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Reading

Due to damage to the overhead electric wires between London Paddington and Reading all lines are blocked.


Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

.....continuing today.......all day

Alterations to services between London Paddington and Reading
Due to damage to the overhead electric wires between London Paddington and Reading fewer trains are able to run on some lines.
Train services running to and from these stations will be delayed by up to 20 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

Further Information
An update will follow within the next 2 hours.
As a result of damage to a section of the overhead power lines in the Ealing Broadway area during Sunday evening some remedial work is required. In order to facilitate this some lines will be closed and fewer trains will be able to operate between London Paddington and Reading.
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Train services will still be available serving all routes that are normally covered. However, for certain journeys a change of train may be required and / or the frequency of them will be reduced.
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Apart from longer distance services, those train services which normally operate between London Paddington and Bedwyn will only operate between Reading and Bedwyn in both directions with customers from / to London Paddington having to use other services for that portion of the journey, changing trains at Reading.
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Local stopping train services which normally operate between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway will only operate between Reading and Didcot Parkway in both directions with customers from / to London Paddington having to use other services and a change of train will be required at Reading.
GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) ticket holders may use TfL^» (Transport for London - about) Elizabeth Line train services between Reading and London Paddington, in either direction, as an alternative.
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Fast train services between London Paddington, Slough, Reading and Oxford will not operate in either direction except where they form a longer distance service to / from Worcester.

[TaplowGreen]

Damage to the overhead electric wires between Reading and London Paddington is resulting in some lines being blocked between these stations.

Trains running to / from London Paddington may be cancelled or delayed by up to 20 minutes. Disruption is expected until 08:00.

[Chris from Nailsea]

These are all of the posts from 2020.

There are far fewer for that calendar year than the previous ones.  That doesn't necessarily mean things improved - it's simply the number of posts on this forum for that year.