Person hit by train between Reading and Didcot Parkway (28 April 2010)

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[Chris from Nailsea]

From the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) live updates:

Line incident

Line problem between Reading and Didcot Parkway.
Train services are being disrupted due to a person hit by a train between Reading and Didcot Parkway. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 60 minutes can be expected.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 15:44

Service incidents

15:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central due 17:22
This train will be diverted. It will no longer call at: Didcot Parkway and Swindon. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 15:54

15:27 London Paddington to Oxford due 17:15
This train will be terminated at Reading. It will no longer call at: Tilehurst, Pangbourne, Goring & Streatley, Cholsey, Didcot Parkway, Appleford, Culham, Radley and Oxford. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:29

15:30 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare due 17:49
This train will be diverted. It will no longer call at: Didcot Parkway, Swindon and Chippenham. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:06

15:48 London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa due 18:01
This train will be started from Swindon. It will no longer call at: London Paddington, Reading and Didcot Parkway. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 15:54

15:51 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill due 18:07
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:35

16:00 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington due 17:39
This train will be diverted. It will no longer call at: Chippenham and Swindon. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:24

16:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 17:41
This train will be diverted. It will no longer call at: Swindon and Chippenham. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:06

16:01 Oxford to London Paddington due 17:00
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 15:51

16:07 Oxford to London Paddington due 18:01
This train will be started from Reading. It will no longer call at: Oxford, Radley, Appleford, Didcot Parkway, Cholsey, Goring & Streatley, Pangbourne and Tilehurst. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:10

16:18 London Paddington to Bedwyn due 17:45
This train has been revised. It will no longer call at: Theale, Aldermaston and Thatcham. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:42

16:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington due 18:14
This train will be diverted. It will no longer call at: Chippenham and Swindon. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:25

16:30 London Paddington to Taunton due 19:28
This train will be diverted. It will no longer call at: Didcot Parkway, Swindon and Chippenham. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:34

16:37 Oxford to London Paddington due 18:31
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:11

16:48 London Paddington to Oxford due 17:50
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:51

17:07 Oxford to Didcot Parkway due 17:31
An additional train service has been planned to operate as shown 17:07 Oxford to Didcot Parkway due 17:31 run on 28/04/10.
This service calls at Radley, Culham, Appleford and Didcot Parkway.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:24

17:31 Oxford to Worcester Foregate Street due 19:17
This train has been revised. It will no longer call at: Ascott-Under-Wychwood and Shipton. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Road transport will be in operation from Ascott-under-Wychwood and Shipton.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:54

17:36 London Paddington to Oxford due 19:04
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 15:52

18:31 Oxford to London Paddington due 19:29
This train will be started from Reading. It will no longer call at: Oxford. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:51

18:34 Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington due 20:46
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 28/04/2010 16:52

[Chris from Nailsea]

From the Reading Post:

Man dies after being hit by train

Commuters travelling between Reading and London Paddington face long delays this afternoon after a man was hit by a train at Cholsey.
The line was closed at around 3.30pm following the incident and was re-opened at 4.30pm.
Paramedics attended but the man ^ who has yet to be identified ^ was pronounced dead at the scene.
British Transport Police spokesperson Jenny Dickens said the incident was being treated as ^non-suspicious.^
^I can confirm that British Transport Police officers attended the line near to Cholsey rail station, Oxfordshire, after a report that a man had been struck by a train,^ she said. ^The incident is currently being treated as non-suspicious. Paramedics from the local ambulance service also attended but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Enquiries are currently ongoing to establish the man^s identity.^
First Great Western spokeswoman Elle Banks said services between London and Reading were still effected. ^The lines were re-opened at 4.30pm and services are now running again, but rail passengers should prepare for some disruption.^

[devon_metro]

Was a jumper, thoughts with driver and staff who had to deal with the aftermath.