CJB wrote:
Most trains delayed by hours or cancelled to/from Paddington and
points west of Slough. FGW services in complete disarray. Been going
on on most of Sunday afternoon, evening. BUT few announcements at
intermediate stations, cancellations at short notice despite birng
planned many hours in advance, and NO buses subsituted round the
blockage.

According to the National Rail site, some buses ARE being laid on:

"Train services between Slough and Reading are being disrupted due to
signalling problems. Alterations and delays of over 60 minutes are
occurring.

A limited train service is operating between London Paddington and
Reading. An amended train service is operating between London Paddington
and Slough, with replacement road transport operating between Slough and
Reading. Road transport is operating between Maidenhead and Marlow.

There is no estimate for a normal service to resume." (timed at 19:30)

Typical reponse of a company that doesn't give a st*ff about
its long suffering paying pax.

Typical comment from someone with an axe to grind? Since some trains
are getting through, how do you know that some short-notice
cancellations were actually "planned many hours in advance"? Are you
sure they were definitely planned to happen rather than being planned as
a contingency in case the failure hadn't been cleared in time?

HEX and Connet apparently running to/ from LHR OK.

As expected, since the signalling system failure is between Slough and
Reading.

I would be interested in an *objective* report on FGW's response to this
Network Rail failure.
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Richard J.
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