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« Reply #435 on: October 24, 2024, 14:06:03 »


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between Southall and London Paddington

Description
Urgent repairs to the railway between Southall and London Paddington is causing disruption to services between these stations. As a result, trains may be cancelled, delayed by up to 10 minutes or revised.

Disruption is expected unil 14:15.
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« Reply #436 on: October 29, 2024, 05:32:43 »

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Route(s) affected
To / from / through London Paddington

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A fault with the signalling system at Ealing Broadway means some lines are blocked. Trains running between London Paddington and Southall may be cancelled or revised.

Disruption is expected until 08:30.
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« Reply #437 on: October 31, 2024, 19:08:32 »

Delays to services at Slough

Due to a fault with the signalling system at Slough trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines.

Train services running through this station may be delayed. Disruption is expected until 19:45 31/10.

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Due to a fault with the signalling system at Slough, services passing through this station will be delayed.
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« Reply #438 on: November 06, 2024, 08:21:36 »

Cancellations to services between Reading and Newbury

Due to the emergency services dealing with an incident between Reading and Newbury all lines are blocked.
Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 08:40 06/11.
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« Reply #439 on: November 06, 2024, 10:08:49 »

The incident is at Thatcham.
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« Reply #440 on: November 06, 2024, 14:58:34 »

Typically for the Reading Chronicle, its headline says "Reading train station death: Person killed near Thatcham".
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« Reply #441 on: November 12, 2024, 06:10:05 »

Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Slough

Due to a broken rail between London Paddington and Slough trains have to run at reduced speed on some 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 #442 on: November 12, 2024, 08:05:03 »

My wife is on the 7.37 from Maidenhead (having waited 30mins for a service)and is reporting it as dangerously overcrowde.
Driver has apparently decided to make additional stops at Iver etc. not that anyone waiting can actually board the train.
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« Reply #443 on: November 12, 2024, 08:09:36 »

Driver has apparently decided to make additional stops at Iver etc. not that anyone waiting can actually board the train.

Always amuses me when people think it’s the drivers decision to make additional stops.
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« Reply #444 on: November 12, 2024, 08:37:34 »

I just knew that that would be the point that would be picked up on
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« Reply #445 on: November 12, 2024, 08:50:02 »

Somewhat bizarrely the Elizabeth Line Heathrow service has been suspended due to "non availability of signalling staff"
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« Reply #446 on: November 12, 2024, 08:54:30 »

Well you're in good company - it was Jerome K. Jerome who threw the related matter of whether drivers chose the destination of their train into the pot and that was around a century and a half back, at Waterloo when the driver of the Kingston train gently reverse-pulls their legs by pretending to be persuaded to choose Kingston as his destination.

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« Reply #447 on: November 12, 2024, 09:12:50 »

I just knew that that would be the point that would be picked up on

We are a forum of pedants, Im afraid - but all done in the best possible taste and with almost complete politeness and mostly good humour and understanding  Grin

It reminds me of the story of the chap who drove out to the pub one night for a drink, and had rather a lot or alcohol. Advice was given that he should take the bus home, and he followed that advice.    Good job he did, because the police had a checkpoint and were stopping all cars to check that all car drivers were sober, but they waved the bus straight through.  In the morning as he sobered up, our chap wondered what the bus was doing parked outside his house then he remembered he had driven it home last night.   A good example of where the driver of a public transport vehicle does chose his destination.
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« Reply #448 on: November 12, 2024, 10:23:33 »

[I thought I’d added some smiley faces to my comment to indicate that I’d taken the earlier reply in a positive, amused manner]  Cheesy
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« Reply #449 on: November 15, 2024, 06:06:52 »

Again. All day. Second time this week.

Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Reading

Due to a speed restriction over defective track between London Paddington and Reading trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines towards Reading.

Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 30 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
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