| Blood-stained trespasser boards empty HEX train before accessing cab Posted by ChrisB at 18:41, 14th November 2025 |     |
Put here as no board for HEX services, and now operated by GWR under contract, not TfL.
From Rail magazine
An investigation has been launched after a blood-stained trespasser managed to board an empty Heathrow Express train.
A London Paddington-Reading depot empty stock movement made up to two Class 387s was held at a red signal by Southall East Junction shortly at approximately 2347 on Saturday November 8 due to reports of a trespasser.
It’s understood the trespasser then managed to force open a door before climbing in with the subsequent loss of interlocking alerting the driver.
He then made his way through the train to the front, pushing passenger alarms, eventually accessing the cab. It was reported he was covered in blood and said people were going to kill him.
The driver, unable to calm the man, struggled to leave the cab and was said to be fearing for his life, concerned about the man’s intentions. The reasons for the trespasser to have blood on him are unknown.
A London Paddington-Reading depot empty stock movement made up to two Class 387s was held at a red signal by Southall East Junction shortly at approximately 2347 on Saturday November 8 due to reports of a trespasser.
It’s understood the trespasser then managed to force open a door before climbing in with the subsequent loss of interlocking alerting the driver.
He then made his way through the train to the front, pushing passenger alarms, eventually accessing the cab. It was reported he was covered in blood and said people were going to kill him.
The driver, unable to calm the man, struggled to leave the cab and was said to be fearing for his life, concerned about the man’s intentions. The reasons for the trespasser to have blood on him are unknown.
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Horrendous
