TfL: Central line severe delays on Sunday Tube - Piccadilly and DIstrict lines planned closures

No service was operating on part of the Central line on Sunday morning, with severe delays impacting the rest of the line.

Transport for London (TfL) put the problems down to a faulty train at Hainault and a “shortage of control staff”.

The service issues come on top of planned works on the Piccadilly and District lines, as well as London Overground.

Central line severe delays

At shortly after 8am there was no service between Ealing Broadway and Hainault / Woodford via Newbury Park while TfL engineers fixed a faulty train at Hainault.

Service had resumed by 10am but severe delays were reported on the whole line due to a shortage of control staff.

TfL said tickets will be accepted on Greater Anglia, Great Western Railway, Chiltern Railway, London Overground, Elizabeth line and London Bus services.

District line

All day on Sunday there is no service between Earls Court and Ealing Broadway / Richmond. Replacement buses operate.

Piccdilly line

No service between Hyde Park Corner and Acton Town. Replacement buses operate.

Docklands Light Railway (DLR)

No service between Bank/Tower Gateway and Poplar/West India Quay. A replacement bus service DL1 operates between Tower Gateway and Canary Wharf.

London Overground

No service between New Cross Gate and West Croydon / Crystal Palace. Use local London Buses services for Penge West and Anerley. Replacement buses operate.

No service between Wandsworth Road and Clapham Junction. Trains are diverted to/from Battersea Park instead.

No service on Sundays.