{"id":780894,"date":"2026-09-24T09:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780894\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:08:12","slug":"rail-line-reopens-between-reading-and-didcot-after-gas-leak-fixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780894\/","title":{"rendered":"Rail line reopens between Reading and Didcot after gas leak fixed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Marcus Jones, route director for Network Rail&#8217;s Great Western route said: &#8220;We know this incident has caused frustration for customers and we&#8217;re grateful for their patience while the necessary safety measures were in place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;d also like to thank SGN and our train operator colleagues for their close collaboration throughout the response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;While we expect a near-normal service from Thursday, there may still be some short-notice changes as we work to fully restore the timetable, so please check your journey before you travel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">SGN said the leak in Didcot&#8217;s Ladygrove area happened after a third party damaged the gas network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for SGN said: &#8220;We have successfully completed repairs to stop the gas escape, allowing for the exclusion zone affecting the railway line to be lifted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are sorry for the inconvenience during our essential emergency work.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcus Jones, route director for Network Rail&#8217;s Great Western route said: &#8220;We know this incident has caused frustration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-780894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}