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Commuters on the Victoria line have faced chaos during the morning rush hour after a signal failure at Brixton caused "carnage".
The line was suspended between Victoria and Brixton after the problems broke out, with frustrated passengers being urged to use buses or overground trains.
With no trains on a swathe of the route, severe delays were reported across the entire line.
In a further blow, commuters already hit by a strike on Southern Rail, were also affected by additional delays on the District and Piccadilly lines.
"Carnage": Crowds at BrixtonJames DelamereThe initial signal problem broke out at around 6.25am, and Transport for London said one platform was put out of action as engineers tried to fix it.
Chaos: The scene at BrixtonHannah Al-OthmanPhotos published on social media showed large crowds of passengers struggling to get on packed Tube trains across the network.
Hundreds of commuters were also shown being turned away from Brixton station, with hordes of people swarming at bus stops in a desperate attempt to get to work.
Masses of people were also shown at Finsbury Park station, with reports of a 45 minute wait for trains, as the chaos rumbled on through the morning.
Amol Rajan tweeted: "Avoid Finsbury Park for tube at all costs this morning."
One commuter told the Standard her usual 45-minute journey took double the time.
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She said: “When I got to Finsbury Park at 6.45am it was rammed with no space for anyone to get on trains and the platforms were full.
"People were forced to cram in or wait for 15 minutess – it wasn’t safe with that many people pushing."
“There isn’t really an excuse for there to be such disruption that early in the morning – it’s a joke," she said.
Olivia Heath tweeted: “As if the Southern train strike wasn't bad enough there's now severe delays on the Victoria line.
“It's going to be a nightmare morning.”
Alice Vincent warned: “If you're planning on using the Victoria Line to get to work today, it's already a horror show.”
Elsewhere on the network, a signalling problem at West Kensington caused disruption on the District line.
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Piccadilly line commuters also continued to suffer delays after trains were taken out of service due to wet weather.
Tricia Ashton, Victoria line general manager, said: “We apologise for the disruption faced by customers using the Victoria line this morning, which was caused by a signal failure at Brixton.
"Our engineers attended the site and worked to resolve the issue as soon as possible.”