1 week Ago By Evening Standard
Four Tube lines are suspended this lunchtime as other TfL services have been hit by severe delays. There is no service on the Hammersmith and City Line due to a points failure at Aldgate East, which has also suspended the Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate, and the District Line between Tower Hill and Barking. The points failure is also causing severe delays across the rest of the Metropolitan Line and on the Circle Line.
The Piccadilly Line has been partially suspended all day due to a “significant” amount of leaves falling on the track. There are also severe delays on the Elizabeth Line between Paddington and Reading while TfL fixes a track fault at Acton Main Line. The broken rail is also causing major disruption to Great Western and Heathrow Express services running between Paddington and Slough/Heathrow terminals.
It is expected to last until the end of the day. Chaos on Hammersmith & City Line, District and Metropolitan lines due to signal failure Piccadilly Line part-suspended due to 'significant leaf fall Trains between Heathrow and Paddington hit by major disruption 'until end of day' Elizabeth Line hit with severe delays , There is no service on the Hammersmith and City Line due to a points failure at Aldgate East which TfL says it is currently fixing. The points failure has also suspended the Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate, and the District Line between Tower Hill and Barking.
It is also causing severe delays across the rest of the Metropolitan Line and on the Circle Line. , There is still no service on the Piccadilly Line between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge due to “poor rail conditions caused by significant leaf fall”, says TfL. There are also still severe delays on the Elizabeth Line between Paddington and Reading /Heathrow due to a track fault, and on the Metropolitan Line between Baker Street and Aldgate due to an earlier signal failure at Neasden.
, The Elizabeth Line is now running again - after it was part-suspended earlier due to staffing issues. There are still severe delays on the line between Paddington and Reading while TfL fixes a track fault at Acton Main Line, which is expected to cause disruption all day. , The Overground has now also been hit with severe delays.
TfL’s website says there are “severe delays between Surrey Quays and Clapham Junction due to an earlier faulty train at Peckham Rye”. , The Elizabeth and Piccadilly lines are now both part-suspended. On the Elizabeth Line there is no service between Hayes & Harlington and Heathrow Airport due to unavailability of signalling staff.
There are also severe delays between Paddington and Reading while TfL fixes a track fault at Acton Main Line. The latter is expected to cause disruption all day, says National Rail. On the Piccadilly Line, there is still no service between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge due to “poor rail conditions caused by significant leaf fall”.
, There are now severe delays on the Elizabeth Line between Paddington and Reading / Heathrow Airport due to a track fault at Acton Main Line. National Rail has warned the broken track is expected to cause disruption to trains running between Paddington and Heathrow until the end of the day. It’s also affecting Great Western Rail and Heathrow Express services.
, Train services between London Paddington and Heathrow are expected to be disrupted until the end of the day, due to a broken rail. The broken rail means fewer trains can run on some lines between London Paddington and Slough / Heathrow Terminals, says National Rail. It warns trains may be cancelled, delayed by up to 10 minutes or revised.
Services affected: Elizabeth line services between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Terminal 4 / Maidenhead / Reading, and also between London Paddington / Shenfield and Heathrow Terminal 5 Great Western Railway services to / from London Paddington Heathrow Express services between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 5 , There are severe delays on the Metropolitan Line this morning due to an earlier signal failure at Neasden in north-west London, says TfL. , The Piccadilly line is currently part-suspended due to “significant leaf fall”. TfL says the leaves are causing “poor rail conditions” meaning there is no service between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge.
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