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District, Jubilee and Mildmay Lines Part-Suspended as Medical Incident and Faults Snarl London Travel

Passengers face widespread delays across rail, tube, motorways.

Overview

  • A person was taken ill on a train at Gunnersbury, halting District and Mildmay services between South Acton and Richmond with no trains expected until around 08:15 as emergency services attend.
  • The Jubilee line is part suspended between London Bridge and Green Park due to a faulty train at Waterloo, with severe delays reported across the line.
  • Eastbound Piccadilly services from Acton Town to Cockfosters are delayed following a track fault at South Kensington.
  • Overrunning engineering works are delaying trains between London Fenchurch Street and Grays by up to 20 minutes, with recovery expected until about 09:00 and tickets accepted on buses and Overground instead of DLR.
  • Operators are offering ticket acceptance on alternative routes, including London buses, the Elizabeth line, DLR, C2C, Thameslink and Southeastern for Jubilee passengers, as the M6 remains closed after an overturned lorry and the M25 sees heavy entry-slip congestion at junction 19.