Fire near railway track into Paddington Station causes Monday morning rush hour chaos for commuters on Great Western Railway and Heathrow Express

Commuters today faced rush hour chaos after a fire next to the tracks getting into central London.

Passengers suffered severe delays and were stuck on trains for up to an hour as firefighters battled the blaze between Acton and Paddington.

Great Western Railway, Heathrow Express, and Transport for London rail between Paddington, Reading, Hayes & Harlington, Maidenhead, and Heathrow were hit.

Travellers fumed on social media the delays were making them late for work and their children were missing school.

It comes nearly a week after a huge blaze at nearby Acton Town tube station saw the Piccadilly line shut down.

Services running between Acton Main and London Paddington were halted after the fire was found at around 7am.

Raakesh Savji Parmar tweeted: ‘Guys @TfL @networkrail what is going on? Been stuck on a train for 40 mins due to power outage. Last week 2 incidents too. Need a time on the resolution pls.’

Jonny Bailey put: ‘You know it’s a good start to the week when all the trains from Paddington are cancelled…’

Another customer said: ‘@GWRHelp any idea what caused the fire. Disruption has caused my son to miss school.’

A man wrote: ‘@TfL hello, are you going to post a useful service update to do with this incident as it also affects TfL rail? Thanks.’

National Rail said: ‘A fire next to the track between Acton Main Line and London Paddington is causing major disruption to trains running between these stations.

‘Trains to / from London Paddington may be cancelled, delayed by up to 50 minutes or revised.’

Great Western Railway said: ‘Due to a fire next to the track between Reading and London Paddington all lines are closed Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 09:00.’ 

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