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Thousands of commuters from the Thames Valley area have been left stranded in London after a death on the rail line. Thousands of commuters from the Thames Valley area were stranded in London after a man suspected of stabbing a woman to death was killed on the line.
First Great Western services operating out of Paddington station came to a standstill following the incident between West Ealing and Hanwell. First Great Western services operating out of Paddington station came to a standstill on Thursday evening.
Trains travelling into Paddington were terminating at Reading Station, Berks, where passengers were being transferred to a half-hourly service into Waterloo. Police said the man was hit by a train at Hanwell station, west London. About 20 minutes earlier, they received reports that a woman had been fatally stabbed in Ealing.
It is not known when First Great Western trains services will resume. Delays were expected for a few hours.
Lorraine Leaney, spokeswoman for the company, said: "It's peak time travel and people will be making their way into London and out of London, so it will affect a large number of people. Trains travelling into Paddington terminated at Reading Station, Berks, where passengers were being transferred to a half-hourly service into Waterloo.
Lorraine Leaney, spokeswoman for First Great Western, said: "It's peak time travel and people will be making their way into London and out of London, so it will affect a large number of people.
"Police have sealed off the area of track where the death has happened."Police have sealed off the area of track where the death has happened.
"It's definitely going to be impacting on our services for the next few hours, how much longer after that I can't say.""It's definitely going to be impacting on our services for the next few hours, how much longer after that I can't say."