Tube commuters face severe rush hour disruption with no service on large sections of Circle and District lines

Rush hour: Late engineering work has sparked severe delays on both lines
TfL
Tom Powell24 July 2017

Londoners were facing chaos as they returned to work this morning due to severe delays and part suspensions across several busy Tube lines.

The Circle line was suffering “severe delays” anti-clockwise due to late finishing engineering work, while there was no service at all clockwise from Edgware Road to Aldgate.

There was no service on the District line from Parsons Green to Edgware Road and South Kensington and West Kensingotn due to the same late engineering work.

The rest of the busy Tube line was also hit with severe delays at 6.30am, even before the flood of rush hour commuters.

The Metropolitan line and the Hammersmith and City lines were both also hit with severe delays due to a signal failure.

Transport for London said tickets would be accepted on London Buses, Overground, C2C or South West trains on any reasonable route.

Passengers were also advised to take the first train that arrives and then change where necessary to complete their journey.

The Circle and District lines returned to full service before 9am although the severe delays remained.

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