Two of London’s busiest Tube lines hit with major rush hour delays

Passengers on the Jubilee line on the London Underground carriage. — Commuters face travel disruption on the Jubilee and Victoria lines (Picture: NurPhoto/Getty Images)

Passengers face severe delays on twoLondonUnderground lines after a signal failure and a faulty train.

Commuters travelling on the Victoria and Jubilee lines should brace for longer journeys after issues on theTubethis morning.

First, the Jubilee line ran into trouble after the late finish of engineering works.

This has since changed to a fault on an engineering train, which is causing severe delays on the entire line, the latest TfL travel status update shows.

London underground subway train station with Jubilee Line and Victoria Line at Green Park station in Mayfair, — A signal failure and a broken train are wreaking havoc on Tube journeys this morning (Picture: NurPhoto/Getty Images)

TfL says: ‘Severe delays due to an earlier faulty engineer’s train. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses, London Overground, DLR and the Elizabeth line via any reasonable route.’

Meanwhile, the entire Victoria line is experiencing severe delays while engineers fix a signal failure at Vauxhall.

Elsewhere, trains have been blocked in Kent between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells after an electricity supply failure.

Southeastern trains are unable to run between the stations for the time being.

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The rail operator said on X: ‘A failure of the electricity supply at Tunbridge Wells has occurred, so trains are unable to run between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.

‘Tickets are being accepted on local Arriva bus 281 for High Brooms and bus 7

‘Staff are on their way to rectify the issue.’