Overview

• A person was pronounced dead at around 11am after being struck on the tracks at Hanwell station, British Transport Police confirmed.
• Officers have ruled out suspicious circumstances and will prepare a coroner’s file on the fatal incident.
• Services between Paddington and both Heathrow Airport and Reading are suspended until at least 3pm, with National Rail lines on the same stretch also closed.
• An earlier signalling failure on the Piccadilly line has caused severe delays that are compounding disruption across London’s transport network.
• Passengers are being directed to use alternative routes such as the Piccadilly line, London buses or Great Western Railway connections via Waterloo and South Western Railway services to Reading and Windsor.