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  "textContent": "A points failure at Slough is affecting trains between Reading and Paddington (Picture: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\n\nCommuters on the Elizabeth Line and other trains into London face major disruption today after a points failure near Slough.\n\nGreat Western Railway passengers are being warned to expect cancellations, delays and revisions until 3pm.\n\nThe problems are affecting services across the GWR network, centring on London Paddington station.\n\nMeanwhile, there are severe delays on the Elizabeth Line between Hayes & Harlington and Reading.\n\nTickets are being accepted on London Buses, Great Western Railway and South Western Railway, and there is good service on the rest of the line.\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nSeparately, there is no service on the Jubilee line between Finchley Road and Waterloo while engineers fix a signal failure at Green Park.\n\nThe issue has also resulted in severe delays on the rest of the line.\n\nThis morning’s disruption comes a day before much of the Tube network is set to grind to a halt due to strike action.\n\nGreat Western Railway services are most affected (Picture: Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\n\nDrivers from the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are due to walk out on Tuesday and Thursday in a dispute over ‘proposed compressed four-day working arrangements’.\n\nThe strikes, which will last from midnight to midnight on both days, will mean no service on the Circle line, the Piccadilly line, the Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate, and the Central line between White City and Liverpool Street.\n\nServices are expected to go ahead on other London Underground lines on both days.\n\nHowever, the Tube will start late and finish early, with commuters advised to finish their travels by 9pm on both days.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Commuters face rush hour chaos between Reading and London ahead of Tube strikes"
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