Car accident causes train delays

Travelers using the First Great Wester Trains West country services were delayed after a car crashed into a gas main in Maidenhead in Berkshire. The accident ruptured a gas main and the railway line had to be closed for safety reasons.

First Great Western had put into operation an emergency timetable after having to stop trains from Paddington prior to Maidenhead by adding extra services from Reading to get people home. Normal services were resumed after the National Grid fixed the gas main.

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