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Old December 21st 12, 10:51 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Massive Disruption at Paddington - ALL day Thurs / Fri

On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:23:55 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
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02:44:22 on Fri, 21 Dec 2012, CJB remarked:
Does anyone know why ALL trains to / from Heathrow have been cancelled
without notice for TWO days?

Some reports say signal failure, others say cable theft, others say
points failure at Airport Junction, others say was a fire at
Paddington.


BBC news this morning said it was a fire in lineside signalling
equipment. So at least three out of your four (or a full house if the


I'll bet some sort of theft or vandalism caused the fire. I can't see it
happening on its own unless there was some seriously botched repair job
previously.

B2003