Tube chaos: severe delays on Central Line due to derailed engineers’ train

Not a terrific Tuesday morning for Londoners travelling on the Central Line as a derailed engineering train caused severe delays.

Services between White City and Marble Arch came to a grinding halt and there are delays on the rest of the line.

TfL said: “No service between White City and Marble Arch due to the derailment of an engineers train at Holland Park.

“Severe delays on the rest of the line.

“Tickets will be accepted on London Buses, London Overground, Abellio Greater Anglia, First Great Western and Chiltern Railways via any reasonable route.”

The disruption on the central line is likely to have a knock on effect on other lines as well.

Londoners took to Twitter to vent their frustration:

Typical. Public transport day = heavily delayed central line. Meh…

— igmorrison (@igmorrison) April 21, 2015

 

I should nearly be at work this morning…instead I’m still waiting for trains! Aaaargghhh central line!

— Farah Taylor (@farahtaylor1) April 21, 2015

 

Good old @centralline … Part suspended. Queues 5 deep on platform at Leytonstone. pic.twitter.com/kvDkQaEZ2H

— Lindsay Jane Watling (@LJWatling) April 21, 2015

 

Absolutely typical. The one day I have to be in work early and the Central Line is destroyed.

— Harry (@harry_chitty) April 21, 2015

 

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