Central Line Commuters Marched Through London Underground Tunnel After Rush Hour Breakdown

'Must evacuate train... but first let me take a selfie.'

Central Line commuters had a somewhat novel journey home in London on Tuesday night after a rush-hour fault resulted in them being walked out of the dark Tube tunnels.

About 1,000 passengers were reportedly left stranded for about half an hour due to a faulty rail track.

Around 6.30pm the eastbound passengers were cleared from their carriages and led down the tracks to Shepherd's Bush station by Transport for London staff.

Well that was fun on the #centralline in the dark. Thanks #tfl for sending friendly staff to lead us into the light pic.twitter.com/LGszWbRUuB

— Helen Pratt (@FreshHelen) July 5, 2016

The central line is a joke right now! pic.twitter.com/hf6zkXplUW

— SJMM (@SJMM29) July 5, 2016

Some expressed their frustration on social media, while others took the opportunity to pose for selfies.

Passenger Johnny Wells described the situation as "mad" to the told the Evening Standard, and said it was made worse by the "sweltering heat".

He said: “People were freaking out thinking it was a terrorist attack ... We eventually had to evacuate the train and walk down the track.”

Light at the end of the tunnel 😂 @centralline @TfL pic.twitter.com/2SOXhfrt1F

— Kanza (@kan3a_) July 6, 2016

Bit dark on the tube journey to work today @TfL #nolights #centralline pic.twitter.com/7r1HHpKZdZ

— londonlistener (@londonlistener) May 29, 2015

First time for everything! Stuck on the central line and evacuated from tube. Great response from @TfL though pic.twitter.com/olFpiTlb4c

— Rebecca Taylor (@R_becca_Taylor) July 5, 2016

Must evacuate train...But first let me take a selfie!!! @centralline @TfL pic.twitter.com/4ZnsD47IkO

— Kanza (@kan3a_) July 5, 2016

A TfL spokesman said the breakdown was caused by a conductor rail becoming dislodged, causing the train to stall.

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