Major rush hour delays in London with lines suspended across network

Passengers have been hit by major disruption across London on the London Underground, Overground and services to Heathrow Airport.

All trains between Heathrow and central London were suspended for ‘tunnel safety reasons,’ National Rail warned.

Holidaymakers travelling on the Elizabeth line and Heathrow Express are affected by severe disruption to and from the airport.

National Rail said: ‘Heathrow tunnel is closed for safety reasons which means trains are unable to run to and from Heathrow Airport.

‘Trains will be cancelled or revised as a result.’

Elizabeth line trains between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Terminals 4 and 5 cannot run.

Heathrow Express between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 5 are also suspended.

Major disruption is expected until at least 1.30pm, and trains will be cancelled or revised, it said.

National Rail said the safety issue was caused by a ‘problem with the ventilation system in Heathrow tunnels,’ so trains cannot run until ‘Network Rail has resolved this issue.’

The London Underground Piccadilly line is still running to and from the airport.

Trains between Gatwick Airport and East Croydon are also experiencing delays of up to 15 minutes today.

This is caused by a ‘number of incidents,’ including a broken down trains blocking the northbound lines earlier, National Rail said.

London Underground and Overground disruption

Tube passengers were warned of severe delays to their journeys this morning.

Part of the Central line is suspended, with severe delays between Leytonstone in east London and Woodford via Hainault, and between White City and Ealing Broadway and West Ruislip due to a signal failure at Stratford.

There is no service on the Central line between Woodford and Epping while TfL responds to a fire alert at Debden.

The rest of the line has ‘severe delays,’ Transport for London said.

A stretch of the District line is also partially suspended, with no service between Turnham Green and Richmond while Network Rail engineers fix a track fault at Gunnersbury in southwest London.

The track fault is also affecting the London Overground service.

There is currently no service between Richmond and Gunnersbury.

A Network Rail spokesperson said its teams are ‘actively investigating the issue and working to resume train services safely.’

‘Delays are expected on some services, so passengers are advised to check the latest travel information for updates. ‘We are sorry for the inconvenience caused by this incident,’ they said.

Service between South Tottenham and Barking Riverside is suspended due to a signal failure at Walthamstow Queen’s Road, the latest TfL status update shows.

TfL also warned of ‘severe delays’ on the Northern line caused by a fire alert at Clapham Common.

A spokesperson for TfL said: ‘We apologise to Central line, District line and Overground customers for the disruption to their journeys this morning.

‘Our engineers are working as quickly as possible to restore normal service.’

Have you been affected? Please email [email protected].

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