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« on: March 31, 2011, 15:47:10 »
From FGW▸ (First Great Western) live updates:

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14:48 Reading to London Paddington due 15:46
This train will be terminated at Slough. It will no longer call at: West Drayton, Hayes & Harlington, Ealing Broadway and London Paddington. This is due to emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated: 31/03/2011 15:27

15:57 London Paddington to Banbury due 18:15
This train will be started from Slough. It will no longer call at: London Paddington, Ealing Broadway, Hayes & Harlington, West Drayton, Iver, Langley and Slough. This is due to emergency services dealing with a prior incident.
Last Updated: 31/03/2011 15:30
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« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2011, 16:27:05 »
Only the one set involved - shouldn't be any other problems because of it.
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« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2011, 18:10:01 »
Seemed to have worsened after that.  As I type 13 entries on the Updates page with one mentioning a train to Bedwyn being delayed at Southall due to a trespass incident. 
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« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2011, 18:16:36 »
The trespass at Hanwell did cause some issues, but that was seperate to what Chris has posted about.
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« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2011, 20:17:44 »
Quote from: chris from nailsea on March 31, 2011, 15:47:10
From FGW▸ (First Great Western) live updates:

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14:48 Reading to London Paddington due 15:46
This train will be terminated at Slough. It will no longer call at: West Drayton, Hayes & Harlington, Ealing Broadway and London Paddington. This is due to emergency services dealing with an incident.
Last Updated: 31/03/2011 15:27


My wife was on this train - she says that she and the other passengers were stuck on the train for about 15 mins before the doors were released.

Does anyone know the nature of the incident?
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« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2011, 20:34:28 »
Something happened at Maidenhead, Police met the train at Slough, doors weren't released until police were on site.
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« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2011, 20:48:44 »
I was on the 17:06 PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) to Westbury which was brought to a full stop at Slough from full linespeed at Dolphin Junction complete with extreme brake pad smell! Shortly afterwards the TM▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context) announced that the driver had spotted a trespasser near Langley and had stopped to report it to the signalman. We were on the way again less than 5 minutes later. (Maybe yet another incident?)
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« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2011, 20:56:11 »
Yep, had a few things going on various areas of the route today.
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