Trains between Reading and London Paddington stopped while attempts were made to move the animal.
Trains had to be halted on a busy railway line because of a swan wandering onto the tracks.
Services travelling through Maidenhead were stopped at 11:25 BST while teams worked to safely remove the animal, Network Rail said. At one point, the conductor on a train headed from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington announced that the swan had moved "right underneath the front of the train".Formulating a plan, the conductor told passengers that crew members might "pick up the swan" and take it onto Slough, to drop it off with animal welfare teams.
He added: "We are trying to find a safe and humane resolution to this and I understand it's causing a delay - very sorry about that." A Network Rail spokesperson said the mainline between Reading and London Paddington was reopened at 11:20.
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