Central Line Derailment Causes Severe Delays For Commuters

There is no service between North Acton and Marble Arch.

Commuters are facing long delays this morning after an empty train derailed on the Central Line.

There is no service between North Acton and Marble Arch while Transport for London deal with the incident at White City, the operator has said.

Long delays on the Central Line after a train derailed. File image.
Long delays on the Central Line after a train derailed. File image.
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There are also severe delays on the rest of the line.

No service Ealing Broadway & Marble Arch while we deal with a derailment of an empty train at White City. To re-plan https://t.co/ij0cke1RQA

— Central line (@centralline) March 10, 2017

TfL said tickets will be accepted on London Buses, TfL Rail, Chiltern Railways and Great Western Railway via any reasonable route.

Derailed engineering train at White City causing mayhem on the Central Line. pic.twitter.com/sIW3qsvFtO

— Simon Harris (@simonharrisitv) March 10, 2017

The driver of the train, which derailed at around 5.30am, was not injured, Metro reports.

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