Gas leak shuts Reading-Didcot Parkway rail line
Engineers are repairing the leak while operators accept tickets on other services and warn of severe disruption across long-distance routes.
- A gas leak near Didcot East has closed all rail lines between Didcot Parkway and Reading, forcing widespread cancellations and major disruption to services today.
- Engineers from SGN are working to repair the leak, but normal services 'cannot operate' because the railway falls within a safety exclusion zone implemented for emergency response.
- GWR Managing Director Mark Hopwood said 'some GWR routes will be severely impacted,' urging passengers to check travel updates as services between Oxford and Reading remain blocked.
- Travellers may use tickets on Chiltern Railways and the London Underground without amendment, while those arriving 15 minutes late qualify for compensation through GWR's Delay Repay scheme.
- Severe disruption is expected until 'at least the end of the day,' though passengers holding tickets for Wednesday may use them on Thursday instead.
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