Severe delays hit Bakerloo Line

Bakerloo line commuters suffered disruption during the morning peak following a signal failure at Lambeth North.

Services that were partly suspended resumed in time for the peak but severe delays continued.

A broken down train on the Victoria line also caused disruption to services.

London Overground trains were suspended between Euston and Watford Junction due to a signal failure at Kilburn High Road.

Services later started running again but with severe delays.

Virgin Trains and London Midland services were not affected.

Bob Crow, the RMT lader, said: "This is a warning that post Olympics there is a very real danger of the Tube sliding back to the bad days of cuts and disruption."

Phil Hufton, London Underground’s Asset Performance Director, said: “Reliability on the network is at an all-time high and continues to improve.

"We have a programme in place to further improve performance and our maintenance regime is as rigorous as ever, with more improvement and maintenance work taking place now than during the Olympics and Paralympics period.”