Police Incident Closes Westminster Bridge, Disrupting London’s Tube Services
A mental health-related incident has closed Westminster Bridge; signalling failures at Whitechapel and Harlesden have halted several Tube lines.
Overview
- The Metropolitan Police have declared the Westminster Bridge closure a mental health-related incident with no injuries and rerouted a dozen bus services.
- Signalling and points failures at Whitechapel have suspended the Circle line and caused severe delays on the District and Hammersmith & City lines.
- Network Rail is repairing a Harlesden signal fault that has part-suspended the Bakerloo line between Queen’s Park and Harrow & Wealdstone.
- A track fault at Harold Wood continues to trigger severe Elizabeth line delays between Gidea Park and Shenfield.
- TfL and Network Rail are accepting alternative tickets on London buses, DLR, the Elizabeth line and partner rail services to mitigate commuter disruption.