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Thursday 23 July 2015 4:00 am

Travel chaos on Central Line as signal failure causes severe delays between White City and Leytonstone

By: Catherine Neilan

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Central Line commuters were fuming this morning after the line was suspended in parts and suffered severe delays across much of the capital. 
 
Passengers complained of being stuck on the Tube without moving for 20 minutes this morning after a signal failure at Queensway halted the service between White City and Leystonstone. There are also minor delays on the rest of the line. 
 
They also complained about the poor lack of communication, and the fact some people were "made to leave the station" to find an alternative route in. 
 
https://twitter.com/AnneInVino/status/624124730589716480
 
https://twitter.com/BilalAzeem/status/624124945338122240 
 
https://twitter.com/pjwoodgate/status/624125521836814337 
 
https://twitter.com/Lana_22/status/624125293435953152
 
https://twitter.com/AJ_Greenwood/status/624125288268595200 
 
https://twitter.com/essencepr/status/624128500996395008
 
https://twitter.com/indie_shergill/status/624129277781540864
 
Severe delays are still ongoing and TfL has advised customers to seek alternative routes into work, saying tickets are being accepted on local buses, Abellio Greater Anglia and TfL Rail. 
 
Customers were also reminded they could claim for compensation if the delays were excessively long. 
 
https://twitter.com/stevefarrugia/status/624125844693364736 

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