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A signalling failure between Paddington and Abbey Wood has caused disruption for travellers this morning
Four other Tube lines have been hit with a seperate issues while the weather is disrupting trains into the city
The Central line is a London Underground line that runs from West Ruislip or Ealing Broadway in West London to Epping in Essex or Woodford via Hainault in East London, via the East End, the City, and the West End. Printed in red on the Tube map, the line serves 49 stations over 46 miles (74 km), making it the network's longest line. [3]
Although work commenced in 1938, it was suspended on the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1946. Steam train services serving Fairlop were suspended on 29 November 1947 and electrified Central line passenger services, to Central London via Gants Hill , finally commenced on 31 May 1948.
The Northern line reached Mill Hill East in May 1941, but by then, work on the other Northern and Central line extensions had been suspended. [89] The bombing of London and especially the Blitz led to the use of many tube stations as air-raid shelters, with 175,000 people arriving every night in August 1940. [ 90 ]
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The station originally opened on 1 May 1903, as part of a Great Eastern Railway (GER) branch line from Woodford to Ilford via Hainault. [11] This "Fairlop Loop", designed to stimulate suburban growth had a chequered history and Barkingside station was temporarily closed to passenger traffic, due to World War I economies, from 21 May 1916 until 30 June 1919. [11]
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