Second Day Of Travel Misery For Train Passengers At Paddington

The derailed train at Paddington (PA)

Fed-up commuters faced further disruption at London’s busy Paddington railway station on Friday morning following a train derailment.

The train came off the tracks after it ran a red signal on Thursday, seriously affecting passenger services.

No trains ran into or out of Paddington station on Thursday evening and just half are expected to run on Friday, with services already affected.

Those trains which did run were likely to be delayed, said Great Western Railway (GWR), which also offered an apology to passengers.

GWR said this morning that there were cancellations and some trains would run up to 30 minutes behind schedule.

Some passengers have already taken to social media this morning to complain about delays.

Passengers took to social media to voice their frustration (Twitter)

Others said on Thursday evening that their journey had taken up to five hours because of the derailment.

Netwrork Rail has apologised to customers for delays and advised customers to use routes through Waterloo and Marylebone as an alternative.

There were no passengers on board during the derailment.

A spokesman for Network Rail said: “An empty train travelled past a red signal outside Paddington station which activated an automatic derailment.

"Overhead line equipment was damaged and trains are able to access only three of the six lines serving the station.”

One passenger took five hours to get home (Twitter)

The delays are particularly felt at the moment because many are using trains from Paddington to get to Royal Ascot for the horse racing.

Heathrow Express services were also affected.

Network Rail spokesman said it was trying to “get things back to normal as quickly as possible and to minimise the inconvenience for passengers”.