Major disruption at London Paddington expected until the end of the day 

Route(s) affected

Elizabeth line between Reading / Maidenhead / Heathrow Terminal 4 and Abbey wood, and also between London Paddington and Shenfield

Great Western Railway between Plymouth / Carmarthen / Swansea / Weston-super-Mare / Exeter St Davids / Bristol Parkway / Bristol Temple Meads / Worcester Shrub Hill / Cheltenham Spa / Great Malvern / Newbury / Didcot Parkway / Oxford / Reading and London Paddington

Heathrow Express between Heathrow Terminal 5 and London Paddington

Description

The emergency services are dealing with an incident at London Paddington. Whilst they do their work, some lines have been closed for safety reasons. Trains running to / from / through this station may be cancelled, delayed by up to 90 minutes or revised.

Major disruption is expected until the end of the day.

Customer advice

Network Rail have had to turn off the electric power supply to some lines. As a result of this, service between Greenford and West Ealing has also been impacted and has been suspended.

Elizabeth line

You may use your ticket on the following services:

• London Underground via any reasonable route

• London Buses via any reasonable route

• Local buses via any reasonable route

• South Western Railway between Reading and London Waterloo

• Great Western Railway via any reasonable route

• Southeastern via any reasonable route

• Docklands Light Railway via any reasonable route

• Heathrow Express via any reasonable route

Great Western Railway

Trains may be revised to start / terminate at Reading.

You also use your ticket on the following services:

• South Western Railway between Reading / Windsor and Eton Riverside and London Waterloo

• Chiltern Railway between Oxford and London Marylebone

• London Underground via any reasonable route

Heathrow Express

Heathrow Express will now run a service. Please note, these trains are expected to be heavily delayed and may still be cancelled.

You may use your ticket on Elizabeth line services between Heathrow Terminal 4 and London Paddington.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.

Compensation:

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.