Episode 6 of Paddington 24/7, which is on Channel 5 at 9pm tonight (Monday 16th October 2017), disruption causes chaos at London Paddington by multiple problems.

Ian Willott was in the control room manager seat when the disruption was caused by falling trains, a person being hit by a train, a signalling fault and also a train passing a red signal.

Ian has worked on the railway for the past 42 years. He had to deal with disruption after the line between Taunton and Exeter was shut for a period of time after the passenger incident.

Despite the delays, which was felt more than 100 miles away, Ian managed to bring back the service. The timetable was back on time before the evening rush hour.

Ian said: ” Despite the numerous challenges, Ian helped get services back on track at Brunel’s iconic station ahead of the evening peak. It was a difficult day but everyone pulled together to ensure we recovered the service and got passengers moving on time by the evening peak. The guys on the ground quickly arrived on site each and every time we had an incident and their hard work helped us open the railway as early as we could and ensure disruption was kept to a minimum.”

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