Yesterday I posted in the Night Riviera thread a review of the service on frequent flyer site Head For Points (which sometimes covers other modes of transport), today they've posted one of Pullman Dining on a journey from Plymouth to Paddington:

https://www.headforpoints.com/2025/04/13/review-gwr-pullman-dining/

Frequent flyer website Head For Points which sometimes covers other modes of transport has today posted a review of a journey on the Night Riviera:

https://www.headforpoints.com/2025/04/12/review-gwr-night-riviera-sleeper-from-paddington-to-devon-cornwall/

I’m on the 19:04 EL^▸ (Elizabeth Line - Transport for London line from Reading and Heathrow in the west through central tunnels across to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east.) train from TWY^▸ (Twyford station) (I’m going to Hayes) which left from P2 (which I was fortunate to aim for as according to RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) the previous one ran 13 minutes late and didn’t call there). This particular train is non-stopping Taplow and Burnham as indeed all EL trains are doing this evening with no advice that I’ve seen or heard so I don’t know what passengers to and from those stations are meant to do.

Also all the GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) trains on the PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains)-DID^▸ (Didcot Parkway) route are shown on the screens at TWY as cancelled - from RTT it looks like they’re running but not stopping at TWY or MAI^▸ (Maidenhead station) as in the message posted above.

And from Japan (jump to 0:40 for the first train in the snowy video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXKUA3ODKM

Geoff travels on the branch with GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) MD Mark Hopwood who grew up locally - subjects covered include the line's token system and the original site of Marlow Station:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWf8LkRtgX0

Nick Badley, whose channel I subscribe to and whose railway videos I find entertaining, visits every station on the Greenford Line:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By0OgBKbG9Q

BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) presenter Sara Thornton has posted on X a short video from her son showing the scene tonight at PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains):

https://x.com/SaraThornton1/status/1827794876051669259

From National Rail:

Disruption between London Paddington and Reading expected until 12:00

Route(s) affected
between London Paddington and Reading

Description
Due to the police dealing with an incident between London Paddington and Slough, all lines are currently closed. As a result, trains may be cancelled, delayed or revised.


Looking at Open Train Times Maps it looks like the incident is at Ealing Broadway with trains currently backed up along the Up Main as far as Langley - however just checking again before I press 'Post', it would appear that trains are just starting to move again.

More pictures and videos from BusAndTrainUser at Twyford who is reporting that EL^▸ (Elizabeth Line - Transport for London line from Reading and Heathrow in the west through central tunnels across to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east.) trains are currently not stopping due to overcrowding at the station but GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) ones continue to do so:

https://x.com/BusAndTrainUser/status/1809527310388699489
https://x.com/BusAndTrainUser/status/1809527364897894733

With the Henley Regatta this weekend there couldn't be a worse time for this:

Due to a tree blocking the railway between Twyford and Henley-On-Thames the line is blocked.
Impact:
Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed. Disruption is expected until 10:30 06/07.

Customer Advice:
We're sorry for the delay to your journey.
We will update this message with more information when we have it.


Current scenes at Twyford from BusAndTrainUser on X:
https://x.com/BusAndTrainUser/status/1809509748015796430

Just looking at Open Train Times maps there's currently a queue of 6 trains on the Up Relief tailing back from Ladbroke Grove. Meanwhile 1K14 (13:05 PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains)-NBY^» (Newbury - next trains)) appears to have been stationary there on the Down Main for about an hour.

ISTR^▸ ('I seem to recall/remember') that permission was sought from Wokingham Borough Council but refused.

According to this X post from someone stuck at Dorking West the 17:29 GTW-RDG^▸ (Rail Delivery Group, or Reading station, depending on context) has struck a tree:

https://twitter.com/Flipthecoin3/status/1773434707281055793

Geoff Marshall has covered these a few times on his YouTube channel, here's his most recent video about them from 4 months ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsImUtqSCZg

Tim Dunn is aboard and reporting live on X (link to thread):

https://twitter.com/MrTimDunn/status/1758447007469895732