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Tube line to Olympic Park suspended Tube line to Olympic Park reopens after fire alert
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Tube trains to the Olympic Park were suspended on Tuesday morning. Services on a key transport route to the Olympic Park have resumed after it was suspended earlier due to a fire alert.
Spectators travelling to Stratford on the Central line at around 7am were told all services were terminating at Liverpool Street because of an incident at Leyton. The problems on Tuesday morning meant no trains were running on a section of the tube's Central line which serves Stratford.
A defective train westbound was awaiting the arrival of the London fire brigade, a train driver said. Station announcers at Bank said there were reports of a fire on board the train. To add to Olympic travellers' difficulties, rail services in and out of Liverpool Street main line station were affected by a signalling problem.
The fire alert meant there were no Central line services between Liverpool Street and Woodford/Newbury Park and there were severe delays on the rest of the line. The Central line was suspended between Liverpool Street and Woodford/Newbury in both directions. By about 10am the suspended section had reopened, but severe delays continued.
Early morning travellers on the tube were advised to take the District or Jubilee lines to Stratford instead. A Transport for London (TfL) spokesman said: "The suspension is due to a train being taken out of service at Leyton after the driver reported smelling smoke. This has been investigated and all passengers left the train and station without reported problems."
To add to the Olympic travel problems, rail services in and out of Liverpool Street mainline station were disrupted due to an overhead wire problem between Elsenham and Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex. TfL advised Olympic spectators to use other tube and main line services to reach Stratford, including the Jubilee line, the London Overground and the Docklands Light Railway.
This was affecting travellers on services run by the Greater Anglia and CrossCountry train companies. The main line difficulties at Liverpool Street were caused by an overhead wire problem between Elsenham and Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex. This was affecting travellers on services run by the Greater Anglia and CrossCountry train companies.
The problems around Liverpool Street come on another busy day for public transport as the first weekday evening football match takes place at Wembley stadium. The problems around Liverpool Street come on another busy day for public transport as the first weekday evening football match takes place at Wembley Stadium.
This is only one of a number of Olympic events taking place in the capital, with Transport for London (TfL) advising that London is expected to be exceptionally busy throughout the day. This is only one of a number of Olympic events taking place in the capital, with TfL advising that London is expected to be exceptionally busy throughout the day.
TfL said people were heeding advice to avoid London if possible. TfL said people were heeding advice to avoid London if possible. It added that while tube journeys were up 4% on Monday, road journeys in London were down by 20%.
It added that while tube journeys were up 4% on Monday, road journeys in London were down by 20%.
London's transport commissioner, Peter Hendy, said: "Public transport in general, and the Jubilee line in particular, will be exceptionally busy today as spectators make their way to events at key Olympic venues across the capital.London's transport commissioner, Peter Hendy, said: "Public transport in general, and the Jubilee line in particular, will be exceptionally busy today as spectators make their way to events at key Olympic venues across the capital.
"We are very grateful to customers for following our advice to avoid London Bridge station and for major businesses who are enabling their staff to work flexibly during the Games. "We are very grateful to customers for following our advice to avoid London Bridge station and for major businesses who are enabling their staff to work flexibly during the Games. Our advice to all users of the transport network continues to be to plan ahead, avoid hotspot areas, and leave plenty of time for your journey."
"Our advice to all users of the transport network continues to be to plan ahead, avoid hotspot areas, and leave plenty of time for your journey."