TfL and travel: Tube lines face disruption and Millennium Bridge over Thames reopens - Monday November 6

Commuters into central London were facing Tube disruption on Monday (November 6) but the Millennium Bridge has reopened.

The bridge reopened at 6pm on Sunday evening after a three-week closure for maintenance, including the replacement of the synthetic membrane between the aluminium bridge deck and steel structure underneath.

TfL network as at 8.30am:

London Overground

Severe delays are reported between Stratford and Richmond/Clapham Junction due to a faulty freight train at Willesden Junction.

Central line

There are minor delays on the entire line following a late finish of engineering work.

Metropolitan line

Update 8.30am: The Metropolitan line now has a good service.

Minor delays are occurring between Rickmansworth and Amersham due to an earlier points failure at Amersham.

Millennium Bridge

As well as the maintenance work, contractors used the Millennium Bridge closure as an opportunity to give the 23-year-old structure a deep clean.

The bridge is owned and maintained by 900-year-old charity City Bridge Foundation, rather than being taxpayer funded.

City Bridge Foundation chairman Giles Shilson said: “It’s great to see the bridge looking once again like the shining silver arc over the Thames it was when it opened, after getting a much-needed deep clean.

“More importantly, the work that is not visible to the public, replacing the old membrane which had started to degrade, will stop some of the issues we’ve seen with the bridge deck in recent months.

“I’d like to thank our contractor for delivering this project on-time and on-budget and working around the clock to ensure we could get the work completed as quickly as possible; and residents, workers and visitors for bearing with us over the last three weeks.”

The maintenance work was carried out by contractor FM Conway while the deep cleaning was carried out by Veolia.

The charity also owns Tower, London, Southwark and Blackfriars bridges.