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Tuesday 22 December 2015 7:36 am

Travel nightmare before Christmas as Waterloo & City Line goes down

By: Catherine Neilan

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The Waterloo & City Line has reopened after being brought down just as rush hour was kicking off. 

The whole line was suspended at around 7:30am this morning. Transport for London cited "a signalling problem in the Waterloo area", but gave no estimate for when the line would be back up and running. 

https://twitter.com/wlooandcityline/status/679201130941927424

Commuters coming into London via Southern trains were also facing a painful journey, with the train operator saying a shortage of train crew meant some trains would be altered or cancelled until the end of service today. 

Southeastern Railway is also suffering from a problem with data, which means trains from Ashford, Tonbridge and Orpington were incorrectly showing as being delayed. 

 

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