All Tube Lines Affected As London Thunderstorms Cause Floods

The night after a red weather warning was issued for incoming hot weather, thunderstorms hit southern parts of England.

Though the Met Office had already predicted “thundery storms”, many were shocked by the size and strength.

In Bristol, earlier in the evening, a house caught fire – it’s thought this was as a result of a lightning strike.

In London, the hours-long storm, with its loud thunder claps and bright flashes of white lightning, woke many up in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Others noted how heavy and long-lasting the rainfall was; precipitation that led to flash floods and enormous puddles.

This has had an affect on multiple Tube lines.

And the flooding comes after passengers were warned to avoid unnecessary train travel on lines like the London North Eastern Railway (LNER), Chiltern, Great Western and South Western Railway as the coming red weather warning (which still stands) arrives.

Here are all the lines affected as of the time of writing, per Transport for London (TFL):

Minor delays on the entire line.

The entire line is suspended.

Severe delays from Upminster to Whitechapel

• Whitechapel and Wimbledon
• Edgware Road (Circle Line) and Earl’s Court
• Earl’s Court and Kensington (Olympia)
• Whitechapel and Ealing Broadway
• Whitechapel and Richmond.

• Heathrow Terminal 5 and Paddington
• Reading and Paddington.

• Heathrow Terminal 4 and Heathrow Terminals two and three.

Severe delays across the entire line.

Part suspended from Barking and Moorgate

Severe delays from Harrow-on-the-Hill and Baker Street

Minor delays in the entire line

Part suspended between Baker Street and Aldgate

Severe delays on the entire line

Severe delays across the entire line

• Sandilands and Beckenham Junction
• Sandilands and Elmers End.

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