The Central line tube service to the Olympic Park in Stratford in east London has reopened after being suspended for three hours due to a fire alert. Trains in and out of Liverpool Street were earlier affected by signal problems.
Travelling from West Ruislip to Stratford station on the central line, a journey which usually takes about an hour, took me around three hours because of the fire alert and subsequent part-suspension of the line.
Hundreds of passengers were redirected to West Ham station and walked from there.
The first eastbound central line train has arrived at Stratford station, following an earlier part-suspension of the service today caused by a fire alert.
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Waiting passengers at Stratford station have been told the central line will not re-open for at least an hour.
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Central line passengers at Stratford station are being told the line will re-open at 9.30am following earlier fire alerts.
According to a police officer the train to West Ruislip has been advertised that it will arrive in "4 mins" for more than an hour.
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Olympics Correspondent for London Tonight Simon Harris has said that platform gates on the central line at Stratford station are serving the Olympic Park following an earlier fire alert on a London Underground train.
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We were called to Leyton Underground Station this morning following reports of a smell of burning. Crews found no sign of a fire.
From @LondonFire on Twitter:A Transport for London spokesperson said:
The Central line is currently suspended between Woodford / Newbury Park and Liverpool Street in both directions due to a train being taken out of service at Leyton after the driver reported smelling smoke. This has been investigated and all passengers left the train and station without reported problems.
Our staff on the ground are advising Olympic spectators to use a range of other services to reach the venues at Stratford, including Hammersmith & City line services, which interchange with the DLR, and Greater Anglia rail services. Stratford is also accessible via Javellin, Jubilee line and London Overground. London Underground tickets are being accepted on local bus services and Greater Anglia.
In addition to the problems on the Underground from Liverpool Street, rail services in and out of Liverpool Street main line station were disrupted due to an overhead wire problem between Elsenham and Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex.
This is affecting travellers on services run by the Greater Anglia and CrossCountry train companies.
The #centralline now has no service between #Woodford / #Newbury Park and #LiverpoolStreet while we respond to a fire alert #TfL
From @centralline on Twitter:
Tube trains to the Olympic Park in Stratford, East London were suspended this morning.
Spectators travelling to Stratford on the Central line at around 7am were told all services were terminating at Liverpool Street due to an incident at Leyton.
A defective train westbound was awaiting the arrival of the London Fire Brigade, a train driver said. Station announcers at Bank said there were reports of a fire on board the train.