Southall Recycling Centre Fire Forces Partial Closure of Great Western Main Line

Overview

• Eight fire engines were deployed to Johnson Street in Southall, with crews mobilised from Southall, Hayes and Feltham stations.
• London Fire Brigade said the cause of the blaze remains unknown.
• Smoke from the site led to a precautionary partial closure of the Great Western Main Line near Southall.
• Services between London Paddington and Reading are delayed or cancelled, with disruption also reported at Ealing Broadway.
• Operators announced ticket acceptance, including Elizabeth line on Great Western Railway, local buses and South Western Railway, and GWR tickets on CrossCountry between Reading and Oxford and on the London Underground, with disruption warned to last until about 8pm.