London travel news live: Casualty on track sparks major delays on District and Hammersmith & City lines

Police cars and fire engines crowd outside Mile End Station.

Mile End station is closed due to a casualty on the track.

Traffic is slow on the A406 North Circular Road eastbound with queues back to Hendon Way (A41).

There are also delays on Great North Way eastbound, with queues back to Holders Hill Road. Expect delays.

The District line is part suspended between Edgware Road and High Street Kensington and between Barking and Tower Hill. There are severe delays on the rest of the line.

This is due to a casualty on the track.

There are serious delays on the A4 Picadilly in both directions due to borough works. Traffic is slow on all approaches to Hyde Park Corner.

An east London borough where there has been a dramatic increase in the number of 20mph streets has been named the most improved area in the capital for encouraging people to walk and cycle.

Find out which borough is best for walking and cycling here.

Chiltern Railways trains running between London Marylebone and Aylesbury/Aylesbury Vale Parkway may be cancelled or delayed by up to 15 minutes, due to a fault with the signalling system.

The disruption is expected until 10.00am.

TfL is offering businesses the chance to sponsor an entire line, promoting the opportunity to become the “first-ever sponsor of the Waterloo & City line”, the two-stop, three-minute shuttle service that links Waterloo and Bank stations.

Read the full story here.

There are serious delays on the A316 Chertsey Road eastbound from the junction of Whitton Road, due to TfL works.

C2c trains running between Grays and Upminster are being replaced with buses today, due to urgent repairs to the overhead wires in the Ockendon area.

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