Hundreds of commuters have been stuck on trains into London during rush hour following a trackside fire and services are still severely delayed.
Read moreTrackside fire leaves hundreds of rush-hour commuters stuck as 70 trains delayed
Tag: London Paddington
Railways on TV – Paddington: A Year on the Tracks documentary series starts tonight
A special four-part Channel 5 documentary series starts tonight (Thursday, May 14) at 9pm and goes behind the scenes to show how Network Rail and train operators keep passengers moving at London Paddington station and
Read moreFour centuries on… Mayflower to honour the Mayflower
DAVID Buck’s Thompson ‘B1’ 4-6-0 No. 61306 Mayflower will pay homage to the ship of the same name next September when it heads a commemorative railtour from London to Plymouth and Penzance to mark the 400th
Read moreWorcester Parkway on track for December opening
Construction work is almost complete on the new Worcestershire Parkway station, with testing and commissioning expected to be complete ready for opening on December 15. The split-level station will be operated by Great Western Railway
Read moreRailway Accidents: Lamentable Failures
Thirty-one people lost their lives on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, when a Thames Trains Class 165 ‘Turbo’ collided with a First Great Western InterCity125 at a combined speed of 130mph at Ladbroke Grove, two miles
Read moreCardiff electrics pushed back to January
RESCHEDULED engineering and testing work in South Wales means electric operation to Cardiff will not now start until January 2020. The December 2019 timetable will see a typical journey time saving of 14 minutes between Cardiff and London
Read moreGWR InterCity 125s bow out in style
GREAT Western Railway said farewell to long-distance InterCity 125 operation on June 1 with an epic railtour visiting many parts of the GWR network. The first and last production HST power cars – Nos. 43002 Sir
Read moreFinal HST working was emotional
HAVING been given your June edition by a friend who recognised me in the Paddington hosts HST farewell feature, I was the driver of 1L7, the 14.29 Swansea-Paddington. The coverage was excellent, but very emotional, and
Read morePaddington hosts HST farewell
After almost 44 years of sterling service, the InterCity 125 – which transformed long-distance travel for British Rail – has ended its association with London Paddington.
Read moreFirst Heathrow Express Class 387 emerges
TWO of 12 GWR Class 387 110mph EMUs to be branded in a new Heathrow Express livery were released from Ilford Works on May 22. Set Nos. 387130 and 387140 were hauled to Reading by ROG
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