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06.03 GWT 125 leaves Cheltenham for Paddington
06.19 Arrives Gloucester
06.33 Arrives Stonehouse
06.39 Arrives Stroud
06.54 Arrives Kemble
07.10 Arrives Swindon
07.27 Arrives Didcot
07.42 Arrives Reading
08.06 Thames Trains service leaves Paddington for Bedwyn via Reading and Newbury, Hungerford
08.11 Trains collide near Ladbroke Grove in west London
08.12 999 call London Fire Brigade activates 'major incident procedure'; London Ambulance Service dispatches 15 ambulances
08.20 Sainsbury's staff help with ladders
09.15 St Mary's Hospital receives first six casualties
10.00 British Transport Police say up to 100 still trapped
11.01 Share prices for GWT and Railtrack fall
11.20 Police confirm eight people dead and at least 160 injured
11.30 John Prescott announces public inquiry after visit to site
16.42 Police say more bodies in wreckage
18.55 Police confirm 26 dead
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