Severe delays on London Underground after track fault

Passengers on the London Underground face severe delays after issues on the Central line.

The morning rush hour was hit by delays across the network, including on the Central line.

A track fault at Bond Street means there are severe delays on the busy commuter line between White City and Ealing Broadway/West Ruislip and between Leytonstone and Epping/Hainault.

Engineers are on site repairing the fault and service is expected to resume back to normal later this morning, TfL said.

The rest of the line has minor delays, the latest TfL travel status update shows.

Earlier, a faulty train caused delays on the District line between Barking and Upminster, which has since been resolved.

This line carries an estimated 570,000 passengers per day.

The Central line is second only to the Victoria line when it comes to the frequency of trains.

Another one rolls up every 1.76 minutes on the Central line, compared with every 1.66 minutes on the Victoria line.

But with that frequency comes heat – a lot of it.

The Victoria line is also the hottest of the London Underground lines, reaching 30°C on average in the summer of 2023.

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