London travel updates as signal fault causes Elizabeth line delays
There are delays on the Elizabeth line this morning after a signal failure in east London.
The signal fault, at Gidea Park station, is forcing trains towards Romford to run at a reduced speed, causing delays and potentially cancellations.
The issue is affecting Elizabeth line services between Shenfield and London Liverpool Street, London Paddington, or Heathrow Terminal 5.
There are minor delays between Shenfield and Whitechapel at the moment, with good service on the rest of the line.
It’s also impacting Greater Anglia services between Liverpool Street and Ipswich, Norwich, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester Town, Southend Victoria, Southminster, or Braintree.
Network Rail staff are already on site to try and fix the problem.
Meanwhile there are minor delays on the Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines on the London Underground this morning, caused by train cancellations.
Overrunning engineering works causing problems around Southampton Central
The works between Redbridge and St Denys has caused major issues this morning, with trains running to, from or through Southampton Central subject to cancellations and delays.
It’s affecting the following routes:
- Cross Country between Bournemouth/Southampton Central and Manchester Piccadilly
- Cross Country between Bournemouth and Nottingham
- Great Western Railway between Southampton Central and Bristol Temple Meads / Gloucester
- Great Western Railway between Portsmouth Harbour and Cardiff Central
- South Westerm Railway between Southampton Central and Portsmouth & Southsea / Bournemouth
- South Westerm Railway between Weymouth and Southampton Central / London Waterloo
- South Westerm Railway between Poole and Winchester / London Waterloo
- South Westerm Railway between Salisbury and Romsey
This disruption is set to last until around 10am.
Disruption between Leeds and London set to last all day
Power to the overhead electric wires between Wakefield and Doncaster has been switched off, closing all lines in the area.
It’s affecting Grand Central services between Bradford Interchange and London Kings Cross, LNER services between Leeds and Kings Cross, and Northern services between Leeds and Doncaster.
A National Rail spokesperson said: ‘Northern Powergrid are on site liasing with Network Rail to get the problem resolved as soon as possible.
‘Due to the nature of this incident, it requires specialist equipment to resolve the issue which is now on site.
‘Buses are replacing LNER and Northern services between Wakefield Westgate and Doncaster.
‘Trains are able to run between Wakefield Kirkgate and Doncaster via a diversionary route which may cause delays of up to 15 minutes.
‘Disruption is expected until 7pm.’
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