Signalling systems failure (23/1/2023 afternoon peak)

[bakerstreet]

No Circle, District or Hammersmith & City Line, part suspension of Metropolitan line after a 'signalling systems failure’ according to TfL Status Update

 

[Bungle73]

How come this is affecting the EL as well?

 

[Dstock7080]

Total VCC Vehicle Control Centre failure at Hammersmith.

 

[traingeek97]

Any indication of what’s failed? One of the down sides of having everything in the same room.

 

[Dstock7080]

Any indication of what’s failed? One of the down sides of having everything in the same room.

The post above details the equipment that has failed
VCC - A control unit that is responsible for the safe operation of all trains within its area of control.

 

[londonbridge]

Fulham vs Spurs kick off ended up being delayed by 20 mins.

Edit: Fulham PA has just announced District line trains only running southbound from Putney Bridge and those wanting central/north London should go to Hammersmith….

 

[Jimini]

Fulham vs Spurs kick off ended up being delayed by 20 mins.

Edit: Fulham PA has just announced District line trains only running southbound from Putney Bridge and those wanting central/north London should go to Hammersmith….

Aye, that was a freezing and frustrating journey out of SW6, not least because of the result as well Ended up heading to Shepherd's Bush and now on the central line home.

EDIT: a lot of fans do walk to Putney NR and then head to Vauxhall to get the Viccy home, so would imagine most Spurs fans did that anyway.

 

[Tubaole]

One perhaps stupid question from a Norwgian reader. I can see at the status update that “valid tickets are being accepted at busses”. Isn’t tickets always accepted across transport modes?

 

[Snow1964]

One perhaps stupid question from a Norwgian reader. I can see at the status update that “valid tickets are being accepted at busses”. Isn’t tickets always accepted across transport modes?

It is possible to buy single tickets for one mode, and also bus only weekly tickets (which are cheaper than all modes)

Most rail only journeys (which are usually to destinations outside London) would not be valid on buses.

Most people would be using same ticket or card all day which is valid on all modes in London

 

[Mojo]

How come this is affecting the EL as well?

It didn’t.

 

[Bungle73]

It didn’t.

That's what was being reported......

District, Hammersmith & City and Elizabeth lines 'shut down' causing chaos

There are delays on two other lines as well

www.mylondon.news

 

[bakerstreet]

That's what was being reported......

District, Hammersmith & City and Elizabeth lines 'shut down' causing chaos

There are delays on two other lines as well

www.mylondon.news

The Elizabeth line did have delays (and possibly a part closure) but as I understood it from the official TfL site on the day, those were not connected to this outage.

I only clipped the lines affected in the original post.

 

[Mojo]

That's what was being reported......

District, Hammersmith & City and Elizabeth lines 'shut down' causing chaos

There are delays on two other lines as well

www.mylondon.news

myLondon appear to be confusing themselves and readers by reporting on multiple different issues at different times and compiling it all into one article.

 

[Tubaole]

It is possible to buy single tickets for one mode, and also bus only weekly tickets (which are cheaper than all modes)

Most rail only journeys (which are usually to destinations outside London) would not be valid on buses.

Most people would be using same ticket or card all day which is valid on all modes in London

Thanks

 

[MikeWh]

myLondon appear to be confusing themselves and readers

A common problem.

 

[gledhill56]

myLondon appear to be confusing themselves and readers by reporting on multiple different issues at different times and compiling it all into one article.

A common theme with Reach plc publications across the country. Most don’t know there backside from their elbow