London Underground severe delays with rest of UK facing snow travel chaos

The morning rush hour hasn’t got off to a great start in London with severe delays and suspensions across five Underground lines.

The District and Hammersmith & City lines as well as the London Overground have part suspensions thanks to a track fault in Plaistow.

The first trains from Willesden Junction, and between Barking Riverside and Gospel Oak, are not running this morning.

There are severe delays on the Metropolitan line after a points failure at Northwood, and the Piccadilly line is severely delayed due to a points failure at Northfields.

Meanwhile, commuters are facing a second day of disruption on the rails and roads this morning as weather warnings for snow and ice cover vast swathes of the UK.

Yesterday saw dozens of train services cancelled, delayed or revised as icy tracks and flooding blocked railway lines, along with the weather leading to school closures.