Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014

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[IndustryInsider]

Almost certainly.

[TaplowGreen]

Harry's stag night started already?


Cancellations to services at Windsor & Eton Central


Due to overcrowding at Windsor & Eton Central all lines are blocked.
Train services running to and from this station may be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 18:00 03/05.

[TaplowGreen]

...........on the Friday before a bank holiday weekend.........Lord Have Mercy!

Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Slough


Due to trespassers on the railway between London Paddington and Slough some lines are blocked.
Train services running to and from these stations are returning to normal but some services may still be cancelled or delayed by up to 20 minutes. Disruption is expected until 18:00 04/05.

[NickB]

Perhaps it's Harry's stag-party returning from Windsor...

[hassaanhc]

...........on the Friday before a bank holiday weekend.........Lord Have Mercy!

Cancellations to services between London Paddington and Slough


Due to trespassers on the railway between London Paddington and Slough some lines are blocked.
Train services running to and from these stations are returning to normal but some services may still be cancelled or delayed by up to 20 minutes. Disruption is expected until 18:00 04/05.

I got caught up in that yesterday. I could have easily gone another way but decided to take a chance because "surely it can't be that bad?" . There turned out to be a 34 minute gap in departure for stopping services: After the 2R59 1742 London Paddington to Reading left at 1745, the next one to leave was the 2T62 1803 London Paddington to Heathrow Airport at 1819! I got to the station at 1805 and the 2R60 1759 London Paddington to Reading (which is a 5-car 165 remember) was still there, with no driver for it! Just as I got to P14 for 2R60 the unit for 2T62 arrived in P11, and luckily for me it stopped right at the country end of the platform by the footbridge as the rest of the platform was occupied by an 8-car 387 from an earlier cancelled service. So I easily got a seat but those waiting at the main concourse had to walk far. 2R60 left right after it at 1821.

That combined with the first bus home from the station at Southall being too full meant that it took a few minutes longer to go home this way than my preferred option of using SWR^» (South Western Railway - about) from Waterloo to Hounslow, when usually that route takes some 15-30 minutes longer but is way more reliable. And I was in time for the only fast train of the day in this direction, which takes 25 minutes instead of the usual 38-43 minutes. So my attempt to save time actually took longer in the end

[TaplowGreen]

Alterations to services between Reading and London Paddington


Due to a speed restriction because of high track temperatures between Reading and London Paddington trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines towards London Paddington.
Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Further Information
A speed restriction has been imposed in the Slough area on the Main Line towards London Paddington following the high temperature recorded in the rails at that location yesterday. This is the line which is traversed by the fast / semi fast services between Reading and London Paddington. As a result fewer trains will be able to operate over that section of line and certain services which would normally call at Slough will have that stop withdrawn.

[TaplowGreen]

Same again today........it's 9 degrees outside.

Alterations to services between Reading and London Paddington
Due to a speed restriction between Reading and London Paddington trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines towards London Paddington.
Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Further Information
A speed restriction has been imposed in the Slough area on the Main Line towards London Paddington following the high temperature recorded in the rails at that location on Monday.

[a-driver]

Same again today........it's 9 degrees outside.

Alterations to services between Reading and London Paddington
Due to a speed restriction between Reading and London Paddington trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines towards London Paddington.
Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Further Information
A speed restriction has been imposed in the Slough area on the Main Line towards London Paddington following the high temperature recorded in the rails at that location on Monday.

It’s a newly laid section of track which was done over the weekend. Originally it was planned to be a 50mph temporary speed restriction. Because of the high temperatures when the work was done the speed has been lowered to 20mph

[NickB]

How long would such a restriction be expected to last? Is it days or weeks?

[a-driver]

How long would such a restriction be expected to last? Is it days or weeks?

Probably a few days at 20mph, then it’ll probably be raised to something like 50mph.

[TaplowGreen]

Welcome to the new week!

Cancellations to services between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington
Due to engineering works not being finished on time between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington some lines are closed.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 16:45 14/05.

[grahame]

Welcome to the new week!

Cancellations to services between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington
Due to engineering works not being finished on time between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington some lines are closed.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 16:45 14/05.

Hattrick weekend

Alterations to services between Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads
Due to engineering works not being finished on time between Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads some lines are closed.
Train services running through these stations may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 09:00 14/05.

Alterations to services between Weymouth and Dorchester West
Due to engineering works not being finished on time between Weymouth and Dorchester West all lines are closed.
Train services running to and from these stations may be revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

And a 4 day Newbury blockade starts today... Pewsey, Bedwyn, Hungerford, Newbury, Thatcham and intermediate stations have no trains until Friday morning, and TransWilts trains slashed - less that 40% of scheduled services set to run.

[martyjon]

Welcome to the new week!

Cancellations to services between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington
Due to engineering works not being finished on time between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington some lines are closed.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 16:45 14/05.

SNAP, so too between Parkway and Temple Meads already caused cancellation of early services to London, stock running to Swindon and starting from there and now Weston Services to London starting at Temple Meads now engineering works cleared, lets hope there are no engineering works trolleys left on the line today.

[johoare]

Looks like pretty much all the fast trains from Maidenhead to Paddington are cancelled.. This isn't going to be pretty

[Jason]

Boarding a Paddington bound train at Reading was unpleasant. There were plenty who couldn't get on and the next Paddington service is cancelled.