Many cancellations due to this :

10:45 London Paddington to Swansea due 13:45
This train will be run fast from London Paddington to Bristol Parkway. It will no longer call at: Reading and Swindon. This is due to a derailed freight train at Hayes. No further information is available at this time.

13:05 Oxford to London Paddington due 13:58
This train will be cancelled. This is due to a derailed freight train at Hayes. No further information is available at this time.

11:22 London Paddington to Oxford due 12:17
This train will be cancelled. This is due to a derailed freight train at Hayes. No further information is available at this time.

10:38 Oxford to London Paddington due 11:32
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a derailed freight train at Hayes. No further information is available at this time.

10:00 London Paddington to Oxford due 11:25
This train will be revised. It will no longer call at: Ealing Broadway, Hayes & Harlington, Slough, Maidenhead, Twyford, Tilehurst, Pangbourne, Goring & Streatley, Cholsey and Didcot Parkway. This is due to a derailed freight train at Hayes. No further information is available at this time.

12:46 Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington due 14:56
This train has been started from Gloucester. It will no longer call at: Cheltenham Spa. This is due to a derailed freight train at Hayes. No further information is available at this time.

09:48 London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa due 12:03
This train will be delayed at London Paddington and is expected to be 60 minutes late. This train will be terminated at Gloucester. It will no longer call at: Cheltenham Spa. This is due to a derailed freight train at Hayes. No further information is available at this time.

11:30 London Paddington to Oxford due 13:01
This train will be started from Reading. It will no longer call at: London Paddington, Ealing Broadway, Hayes & Harlington, Slough, Maidenhead and Twyford. This is due to a derailed freight train at Hayes. No further information is available at this time.

10:19 Reading to London Paddington due 11:11
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a derailed freight train at Hayes. No further information is available at this time.

10:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central due 12:20
This train will be started from Reading. It will no longer call at: London Paddington. This is due to a derailed freight train at Hayes. No further information is available at this time.

09:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central due 11:20
This train has been cancelled. This is due to a derailed freight train at Hayes. No further information is available at this time.

Do let us know if you are in / were in the area.

Many thanks , and welcome to the forum.

I was on a train which was the delayed 8.53 from Reading to Paddington, which left Reading at 9.25 and got in at 10.55!!

I had actually changed t Reading from the 9.02 from Didcot to Paddington as I couldn't get a seat on that one(!!!) so at least I had a seat while we were stuck. I imagine that the people on the train I got off were stuck as well and loads of them didn't have seats so at least my change of train was good in one way!!

I worked out that the 8.53 from Reading was the 5.32 from Plymouth and should have got to Paddington at 9.21. So nearly 5 and a half hours for those people who got on at Plymouth. This is so very, very bad.

I've just discovered this site and would be interested in any weblinks to FGW passenger sites or general sites for disgruntled customers

Cheers and good luck to everyone getting home!

Chris