London Underground services have been thrown into chaos this evening as severe delays and suspensions hit multiple lines during the evening rush hour.
The Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, District and Piccadilly lines have all reported severe delays, while the Bakerloo and District lines are partly suspended. Minor delays are also affecting the Central and Victoria lines.
The disruption has been attributed to a points failure at Aldgate, a signal failure at Liverpool Street and faulty trains at Fulham Broadway and Finsbury Park. Separate signal failures occurred in the King's Cross area and the Aldgate/Liverpool Street area, and there was also an operational incident at a Bakerloo line depot.
Transport for London (TfL) apologised to passengers and said engineers were working as quickly as possible to restore normal services. A spokesperson said: "We apologise to customers for the disruption to their journeys this afternoon. This was caused by signal failures at Aldgate and King's Cross, and faulty trains at Finsbury Park and Fulham Broadway."
There has been some improvement on the Piccadilly line, where delays have been reduced to minor between Acton Town and Uxbridge/Heathrow Terminals following an earlier signal failure. The District line has also been downgraded to minor delays after a faulty train at Fulham Broadway. However, a signal failure in the Liverpool Street area, which had been fixed earlier, has recurred, closing some lines to and from the station, with repair work now scheduled overnight.
Seven lines are still facing minor delays this evening, according to TfL's latest update, and engineers are continuing to work to restore a normal service.
