Travellers report being stuck for hours as engineers work through the night to repair cables

Services to and from one of the UK’s busiest railway stations remained disrupted after hundreds of passengers were stranded on dark, cold trains for several hours.

Damage to overhead electric cables in the Ladbroke Grove area of west London at about 6.30pm on Thursday severely affected the Elizabeth line, Great Western Railway and Heathrow Express trains to and from Paddington station.

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