Commuters heading to and from London Paddington face “major disruption” this night due to harm to overhead electrical cables.
Trains operating to and from the station could also be cancelled or delayed by as much as 80 minutes, National Rail stated.
The disruption additionally impacts the Elizabeth line, with providers to stations between Paddington and Heathrow and Reading cancelled.
One stranded passenger informed Sky News: “I’ve been sat for an hour outside Paddington and [it was] just announced another train has crashed into a power line.
“There’ll be hundreds of individuals heading for Heathrow lacking flights.”
In a press release on its web site, National Rail stated the issues are all the way down to “damage to the overhead electric wires between London Paddington and Acton Main Line”, which means “all lines are blocked”.
Trains operating to or from London Paddington, the assertion warned, “may be cancelled, delayed by up to 80 minutes or revised.”
In addition, the assertion suggested, trains will not be stopping at stations between Paddington and Heathrow or Reading and providers in the direction of Shenfield will all begin at London Liverpool Street.
Chiltern Railways and South Western Railway are accepting tickets on components of their networks.
Customers can even use their tickets on London Underground “via any reasonable route” and components of the London Buses community.
Thameslink, Southeastern and the Docklands Light Railway can even settle for the tickets on some journeys.
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Source: information.sky.com”