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« on: September 19, 2011, 13:34:58 »

It's been a while but there's been another incident at Southall.

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Train services are being disrupted due to a person hit by a train between London Paddington and Slough.Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 60 minutes can be expected.
First Great Western Ticket holders may use South West Trains services between London Waterloo and Reading or London Waterloo and Windsor & Eton Riverside - for connections to / from Slough. They will also be conveyed across London between Paddington and Waterloo by London Underground services.
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National Rail website identifies the location as Southall.
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« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2011, 13:39:22 »

My sympath to all involved.

Why Southall again?

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« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2011, 13:51:13 »

The Asian community - too many arranged marriages.
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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2011, 14:53:58 »

No speculation please. We are a public forum.

There is nothing in the public domain that reports on the ethnic background or even the circumstances of how the person came to be hit by train.

With that in mind I'm temporarily locking the thread to head off further speculation.
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