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London travel LIVE: Tube chaos as three lines part-suspended due to signal failure

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Three major Tube lines are partly suspended on Tuesday, causing travel misery in the capital.

A signal failure at Mansion House means the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines are all partly shut.

Earlier this morning, four separate incidents on the M25 have caused chaos for commuters on Tuesday morning, while there have been severe delays on the Elizabeth line after a vehicle hit a bridge at Langley.

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Windrush line update

There are severe delays on the Windrush Line between Clapham Junction and Wandsworth Road due to an earlier person ill on a train at Norwood Junction.

There is a good service on the rest of the line.

Elizabeth line delays continue

There are still severe delays on much of the Elizabeth line due to a faulty train at Hayes & Harlington.

Tickets are being accepted on London Underground, London Buses, Great Western Railway and South Western Railway services via any reasonable route.

Passengers at Stratford station amid delays on the Elizabeth line

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Mansion House signal fault causes line suspensions

Three major Tube lines are currently part suspended due to a signal failure at Mansion House.

There is no service clockwise on the Circle line, while the District line is closed between Barking and Earl’s Court and the Hammersmith & City line is shut between Barking and Liverpool Street.

M25 incidents causing major congestion

There remains major disruption between J9 and J10 clockwise on the M25 following an earlier incident.

There are reported backlogs of around 45 minutes.

There are also still delays clockwise betweenJ12 and J16

Normal traffic conditions are expected within the hour.

Two further incidents on M25

Two further incidents have caused more delays on sections of the M25 this morning.

A third incident happened on the clockwise carriageway between Junction 8 at Reigate and Junction 10 at the Wisley Interchange.

The fourth occurred on the anticlockwise carriageway between Junction 14 for Heathrow and Junction 13 for Staines.

Huge M25 delays

Two crashes have caused massive delays on the M25 this morning.

A collision on the anti-clockwise carriageway, just before Junction 29 for the A127, has left the road partially blocked.

A second crash, reported to have involved a lorry and a car, is causing further delays at Junction 27.

Delays between Paddington and Reading

There are severe delays on the Elizabeth line after a vehicle hit a bridge in the Langley area.

As a result, trains have to run at reduced speed on all lines, meaning trains running between London Paddington and Reading may be cancelled, delayed or revised.

The incident is also causing disruption to some Great Western Railway services.

Severe delays on the Piccadilly line

There are severe delays on the Piccadilly Line between King's Cross St. Pancras and Acton Town westbound only due to an earlier faulty train.

Tickets are being accepted on London Buses, Elizabeth line and Great Northern Railway.

There is a good service on the rest of the line.

Trams part suspended

There will be no service all day between Arena and Elmers End on London Tramlink due to a track fault at Lebanon Road.

There is a good service on other tram routes.

District line delays

There are minor delays on the District line between Earls Court and Wimbledon and between Upminster to Tower Hill eastbound only due to train cancellations.

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