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| Train delays and cancellations continue after lightning strikes | Train delays and cancellations continue after lightning strikes |
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| Rail passengers in parts of southern England and Wales are facing further travel problems after stormy weather caused "major disruption" on Friday. | Rail passengers in parts of southern England and Wales are facing further travel problems after stormy weather caused "major disruption" on Friday. |
| First Great Western cancelled a number of Saturday morning trains including several to London Paddington. | First Great Western cancelled a number of Saturday morning trains including several to London Paddington. |
| South West Trains said engineers had worked through the night to avoid further delays after Friday's problems. | South West Trains said engineers had worked through the night to avoid further delays after Friday's problems. |
| Lightning strikes and signalling failures had led to a series of cancellations. | Lightning strikes and signalling failures had led to a series of cancellations. |
| Tickets honoured | Tickets honoured |
| First Great Western has cancelled 10 services scheduled for Saturday morning because of "poor weather conditions earlier". | First Great Western has cancelled 10 services scheduled for Saturday morning because of "poor weather conditions earlier". |
| It has also warned customers that further disruption is expected on its services between Paddington and Bristol until 13:30 BST, although all lines have now reopened. | It has also warned customers that further disruption is expected on its services between Paddington and Bristol until 13:30 BST, although all lines have now reopened. |
| The company said alterations to its long distance services should be expected as many of its trains "are not in the correct position". | The company said alterations to its long distance services should be expected as many of its trains "are not in the correct position". |
| However, it has pledged to honour tickets held over from cancelled services on Friday for use on Saturday. | However, it has pledged to honour tickets held over from cancelled services on Friday for use on Saturday. |
| On Friday, rail passengers took to social media to complain. | |
| Barry Kirby tweeted: Paddington is an absolute mess, no real help, limited assistance and a lack of reliable information @fgw - why is it all so fragile? | |
| Paul Swaddle tweeted: @FGW commuters understand that there can be problems but utter lack of communication at #paddington is totally unacceptable. | |
| Trains running between London Paddington and Reading, Swindon, Bristol and south Wales were affected by a lightning strike at Twyford, Berkshire, at about 16:00 BST. | |
| A strike in the Surbiton area of south west London caused problems on services running from London Waterloo to Surrey and Exeter. | A strike in the Surbiton area of south west London caused problems on services running from London Waterloo to Surrey and Exeter. |
| Thundery | Thundery |
| The BBC's Darren Bett said a lot of rain fell in a short space of time on Friday with storms across south-east England causing travel disruption. | |
| The storms later faded away from southern England, south Wales and the south Midlands. | The storms later faded away from southern England, south Wales and the south Midlands. |
| On Saturday, there would be sunny spells in England and Wales while rising temperatures could trigger a few showers, he said. | On Saturday, there would be sunny spells in England and Wales while rising temperatures could trigger a few showers, he said. |
| Areas east of London could see thundery downpours later in the day. | Areas east of London could see thundery downpours later in the day. |
| Have you been affected by this story? You can send us your experiences and photos by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk using the subject line "Lightning and train delays". | Have you been affected by this story? You can send us your experiences and photos by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk using the subject line "Lightning and train delays". |
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