Gidea Park station
There’s been a signal fault at Gidea Park station (Picture: Wiki Commons)

There are delays on the Elizabeth line this morning after a signal failure in east London.

The signal fault, at Gidea Park station, is forcing trains towards Romford to run at a reduced speed, causing delays and potentially cancellations.

The issue is affecting Elizabeth line services between Shenfield and London Liverpool Street, London Paddington, or Heathrow Terminal 5.

There are minor delays between Shenfield and Whitechapel at the moment, with good service on the rest of the line.

It’s also impacting Greater Anglia services between Liverpool Street and Ipswich, Norwich, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester Town, Southend Victoria, Southminster, or Braintree.

Network Rail staff are already on site to try and fix the problem.

Meanwhile there are minor delays on the Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines on the London Underground this morning, caused by train cancellations.


A27 closed in both directions after police incident

The A27 in Sussex is closed between the A2025 for Lancing and the A283 for Shoreham in both directions this morning.

National Highways say it’s a police-led incident and that Sussex Police are on scene, but there are no further details yet.

Official diversion routes have been put in place:

Westbound – use hollow triangle diversion symbols

  • Exit the A27 at Adur viaduct and take the A283 northbound
  • At Washington roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A24 southbound
  • Re-join the A27 at Offington corner roundabout

Eastbound – use hollow diamond diversion symbols

  • Exit the A27 at Offington corner roundabout
  • Take the 1st exit onto the A24 northbound
  • At Washington roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A283 southbound
  • Re-join the A27 at Adur viaduct

Metro has contacted Sussex Police for more details.

Overrunning engineering works causing problems around Southampton Central

The works between Redbridge and St Denys has caused major issues this morning, with trains running to, from or through Southampton Central subject to cancellations and delays.

It’s affecting the following routes:

  • Cross Country between Bournemouth/Southampton Central and Manchester Piccadilly
  • Cross Country between Bournemouth and Nottingham
  • Great Western Railway between Southampton Central and Bristol Temple Meads / Gloucester
  • Great Western Railway between Portsmouth Harbour and Cardiff Central
  • South Westerm Railway between Southampton Central and Portsmouth & Southsea / Bournemouth
  • South Westerm Railway between Weymouth and Southampton Central / London Waterloo
  • South Westerm Railway between Poole and Winchester / London Waterloo
  • South Westerm Railway between Salisbury and Romsey

This disruption is set to last until around 10am.

Disruption between Leeds and London set to last all day

Power to the overhead electric wires between Wakefield and Doncaster has been switched off, closing all lines in the area.

It’s affecting Grand Central services between Bradford Interchange and London Kings Cross, LNER services between Leeds and Kings Cross, and Northern services between Leeds and Doncaster.

A National Rail spokesperson said: ‘Northern Powergrid are on site liasing with Network Rail to get the problem resolved as soon as possible.

‘Due to the nature of this incident, it requires specialist equipment to resolve the issue which is now on site.

‘Buses are replacing LNER and Northern services between Wakefield Westgate and Doncaster.

‘Trains are able to run between Wakefield Kirkgate and Doncaster via a diversionary route which may cause delays of up to 15 minutes.

‘Disruption is expected until 7pm.’


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