A suspicious package has been revealed as the police incident which caused a train from Marlow to be cancelled on Saturday.

First Great Western confirmed police were called after staff at Maidenhead Station found an unattended item on a train on Saturday afternoon.

They locked the train out of use and passengers were moved away from the carriages.

FGW spokesman James Davis said: “Maidenhead station staff advised that a suspicious package had been left on the train.

“The police attended, checked the train and declared the package non-suspicious.”

British Transport Police confirmed they dealt with Saturday's incident. 

A BTP spokesman said: “We were called to Maidenhead railway station shortly before 4.30pm on Saturday, April 11, following a report of a suspicious package on a train.

“The train terminated at the station and was held there for a short time.

“BTP officers attended and declared the package safe.”

As a result, the 17:06 from Marlow did not run, with passengers saying First Great Western blamed the cancellation on “disruptive passengers” at the time.

Passenger Dominic Hall said there were “a lot of people disrupted” and forced to wait an hour until the next train.