Panic over train delays for thousands of rugby fans travelling to Cardiff

Overrunning engineering works and a broken down freight train are causing a bit of a nightmare for fans this morning.

IRISH RUGBY FANS trying to get from London to Cardiff for the quarter final match against Argentina are practically tearing their hair out this morning as they fear rail delays could make them late for the big game.

8am: The queue for trains from Paddington to Cardiff goes out the station, up the ramp and doubles back in #Rwc2015 pic.twitter.com/qFgByULFpD
— Malachy Browne (@malachybrowne) October 18, 2015

Malachy Browne / Twitter

Large queues of fans were reported at Paddington Station in London from early this morning but engineering works overran causing delays of up to 45 minutes on the line. A freight train also broke down on the line, causing further disruption.

@GWRHelp the 45 minute delay at Paddington was bad - but now stuck behind a broken down train!! We have a match to get to #irlvarg
— Jeanna Gallagher (@JeannaGallagher) October 18, 2015

Jeanna Gallagher / Twitter

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@GWRHelp we're in the queue at paddington with hundreds of #irlvarg fans. Zero trains, zero information. How late are we going to be?
— P MC (@patmccaren) October 18, 2015

Pat McCaren / Twitter

As the queue started to snake around the outside of the station, Great Western Railway urged fans not to panic.

Travelling to Cardiff from London for the rugby? There are delays due to overrunning engineering works but we will get you there on time.
— GWR (@GWRHelp) October 18, 2015

GWR Help / Twitter

The train company has assured fans in the last few minutes that services are on the move again.

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