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.

Customer Advice
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.

 
Bust track at both Hanwell and Ealing Broadway.
Everything is delayed. Yay.

 
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.
Customer Advice
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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.

 
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)

 

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.

Customer Advice
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.

 
Delays due to defective track. Non-specific location.

 
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.

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.

 
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.

Customer Advice
We are sorry for the disruption to your journey today.
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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 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.

 
Gonna be fun at Paddington ...

 
I'll prepare another new topic, ready for 2026. 

 
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.

 
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

 
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.

 

A friend of mine boarded the 1023 at Paddington which, she texted was "going nowhere" for 12 minutes,eventually she got to Reading and waited for the 1123 to Tilehurst/Didcot, which was progressively "delayed", eventually being announced as running fast to Didcot. By then I was waiting in the car at Tilehurst Station, where the concourse was jammed with vehicles of contractors working on the lists - and an ambulance making a rare appearance in its dedicated parking space; I was half-blocking the entrance and advised my friend to take a taxi and returned home. When I got there, I reflected that she might as well have waited for the next local service and she came to the same decision, opting to walk to my house. BTW nowadays the station car park seems almost as full as it was pre-Lockdown.

 
And the Elizabeth Line was bust this evening too.

My gripe for this evening is with (one of) the gateline crew at Paddington. There must have been 1000 people queuing for the 18.20 to Didcot.  The gateline team were checking all paper tickets and turning away anyone with a TFL ticket. That included a woman ahead of me who had a 2/3 year old child in that throng.

Where is the sense or humanity in turning that woman and child away, who arguably had a valid ticket, and who then had to battle through the ongoing masses to wait god knows how long for a TFL service. 

I’m off to complain to GWR on her behalf.

 
From National Rail

Route(s) affected
Elizabeth line between Shenfield and Heathrow Terminal 5, and also between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Terminal 4 / Maidenhead / Reading

Description
Urgent repairs are needed to the track between London Paddington and Acton Main Line. Trains running between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport / Reading may be cancelled, revised or delayed by up to 20 minutes.

Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

 

Disruption now expected till 1600

 
Delays to services between London Paddington and Reading

Due to failure of the electricity supply between London Paddington and Reading trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines.

Train services running to and from these stations will be delayed. Disruption is expected until 08:00 28/01.

Customer Advice
Due to a fault with the overhead electric supply tripping affecting the UP and Down relief lines, trains in this location will be delayed.

 
From National Rail - Journeycheck having a lie-in.

Route(s) affected
Elizabeth line between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport / Reading

Great Western Railway services to / from London Paddington

Heathrow Express services to / from London Paddington

Description
Overrunning engineering works between Ealing Broadway and Hayes & Harlington is causing disruption to services. This means that trains between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport / Reading may be cancelled, delayed by up to 40 minutes or revised.

Disruption is expected until 10:00.

 
Sadly, yes.  From the Richmond & Twickenham Times:


My highlighting - hopefully helpful.  Chris.   

 

Fatality at Hanwell by the looks of it.  The ultimate unhappy new year for somebody then.  Thoughts to friends, family and all involved.

Sadly, we are now ‘in the season’ for such incidents.

 

I think perhaps you tempted fate...................

Cancellations to services between Reading and London Paddington

Due to the emergency services dealing with an incident between Ealing Broadway and West Ealing all lines are blocked. Disruption is expected until 16:00 10/01.

Train services between Reading and London Paddington may be cancelled, delayed or revised.

Customer Advice

Due to emergency services currently dealing with an incident in the Ealing Broadway area, all trains are temporarily on stop. We apologise for the disruption and any inconvenience this may cause.

 
Phew, thank goodness for that!  New Year, TG!   

 

My apologies - normal service resumed.

Cancellations to services at Slough

Due to a points failure at Slough fewer trains are able to run.

Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 08:30 10/01.

Customer Advice
We're sorry for the delay to your journey.

We will update this message with more information when we have it.

 
TaplowGreen must be in hibernation. 

 
So what's gone wrong? January 9th and nothing reported!

 

Let somebody else have a go, TG! 

 
No, I haven't lost the plot! 

Rather, I'm sharing member ChrisB's view that this sort of problem won't suddenly go away on New Year's Eve:


I'm merely preparing the ground here, ready for member TaplowGreen to develop this topic, in due course.

CfN.