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Thousands of commuters have been hit by major delays on both the London Underground and on trains on Monday. | Thousands of commuters have been hit by major delays on both the London Underground and on trains on Monday. |
The Central Line, which has some of London's busiest Tube stations, was shut because of signal failures and has since been experiencing severe delays. | |
There were also severe delays on the Circle Line and Northern Lines, due to late-running engineering work. | |
Bad weather has been causing trains heading into most overground stations to be delayed as well. | Bad weather has been causing trains heading into most overground stations to be delayed as well. |
The Central and the Circle lines are maintained by Metronet under the private public partnership (PPP) scheme for the Tube. | |
Customer apology | |
The company apologised to customers for the delays. | |
It said the Central Line delays were the result of the loading of new computer software containing LU's revised timetabling information which caused a total break-down of the systems. | |
The District and Circle lines were delayed after weekend work on the track between Cannon Street and Tower Hill overran, leading to the late reopening of the lines. | |
Last week, PPP arbiter Chris Bolt published his report into Metronet's performance from 2003 to 2006. | Last week, PPP arbiter Chris Bolt published his report into Metronet's performance from 2003 to 2006. |
He said the company had not performed in an economic and efficient manner or in line with good industry practice. | He said the company had not performed in an economic and efficient manner or in line with good industry practice. |
Metronet have entirely unnecessarily ruined thousands of Londoners' journeys this morning Ken Livingstone, London mayor | |
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said Tube infrastructure work should be brought back in-house before the entire system "ground to a halt". | The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said Tube infrastructure work should be brought back in-house before the entire system "ground to a halt". |
London mayor Ken Livingstone said: "Metronet have entirely unnecessarily ruined thousands of Londoners' journeys this morning." | |
At least 60 Metroline bus routes across London were also affected on Monday because of a 24-strike over a pay dispute, causing disruption for many bus passengers. | At least 60 Metroline bus routes across London were also affected on Monday because of a 24-strike over a pay dispute, causing disruption for many bus passengers. |
London Assembly transport committee chairman Geoff Pope said: "With the triple whammy of a strike on the buses, late-running engineering work and signal failures, it has been a miserable Monday for thousands of Londoners simply trying to make their way to work." | London Assembly transport committee chairman Geoff Pope said: "With the triple whammy of a strike on the buses, late-running engineering work and signal failures, it has been a miserable Monday for thousands of Londoners simply trying to make their way to work." |