Victoria Line Chaos As Tube Passengers Evacuated Onto Bus That Then Crashes

Monday morning started off so well...

Good morning all, Prince & Dan here with the line updates. A good service is operating. Please check the latest tweet for current status.
— Victoria line (@victorialine) February 15, 2016

Unbeknown to Prince and Dan they were in for one hell of a few hours.

London commuters reported scenes of "absolute madness" and people "crushed" on the Victoria line.

People getting crushed by the escalators 🙈 @tfl #SevenSisters pic.twitter.com/iDOUFX9zC2
— Raven (@Raven_x_o) February 15, 2016

Maddest journey into work today thanks to Seven Sisters station & the @victorialine. People getting crushed on escalators & then evacuated😳
— Tasha Demi (@TashaDemiOnline) February 15, 2016

The penny began to drop.

Minor delays between Brixton and Victoria due to an earlier faulty train.
— Victoria line (@victorialine) February 15, 2016

But it got worse.

Update: Severe delays between Brixton and Victoria due to an earlier faulty train and a signal failure at Victoria. Minor delays on the rest
— Victoria line (@victorialine) February 15, 2016

It kept escalating.

Update: Severe delays on the entire line due to a signal failure at Victoria. Tickets valid on local buses, South West Trains, Southeastern
— Victoria line (@victorialine) February 15, 2016

And then an entire section of the line just gave up completely.

Update: No service between Brixton and Victoria due to a signal failure at Victoria. Severe delays on the rest of the line.
— Victoria line (@victorialine) February 15, 2016

Prince and Dan have not tweeted for over two hours now.

For an unlucky few, the chaos continued even after they were out of the tube station.

#VictoriaLine signal failure, tried Overground but station evacuated, got on a bus, bus crashed into a van! Now on a train...
— David Haywood Smith (@DHS) February 15, 2016

Get on at Tottenham Hale, get to seven sisters, tube evacuated, get bus to the city crashes into van, bus evacuated, busses are offline!
— Lewis Styles (@LewisStyles95) February 15, 2016

Others were late for some crucial appointments.

Love it when I'm evacuated from seven sisters because of an unknown emergency and miss my uni interview
— Joe. (@Jchapman_J) February 15, 2016

So today's been a nightmare of a journey. Should be only 90 mins late for a 60 min lecture. #sevensisters #victorialine
— Aiden Langan (@AidenLangan95) February 15, 2016

A spokesperson for TfL said no one had been injured and normal safety measures to relieve overcrowding had been put in place.

There were no reports of injuries.

Regarding #SevenSisters tube station.. Overcrowded & just like an overload of ants sprawling everywhere.. 🙈🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🚇 pic.twitter.com/83BXfbIWO7
— ....S e z z e r a... (@sezzera) February 15, 2016

Victoria train station was also rather busy this morning.

This is now at Victoria and why #Streatham needs #Crossrail2. No other option available. https://t.co/Myb8e8zZoj pic.twitter.com/X9Pw8QLQ0w
— Colin Watkins (@colinwatkins) February 15, 2016

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