London Overground passengers face 'severe delays' on after faulty train at Liverpool Street

Transport for London said disruption to services was likely to last for a couple of hours with some cancellations expected
Delays: A faulty train was reported at Liverpool Street station
Andy Rain/EPA
Jamie Bullen5 November 2015

Passengers have been warned to expect 'severe delays' on London Overground services tonight after a faulty train was reported at Liverpool Street.

Transport for London said the disruption was likely to be in place for a couple of hours following the fault reported at about 4.30pm.

A full service is running at the moment to allow football supporters to travel to White Hart Lane for Tottenham Hotspurs Europa League match against Anderlecht.

However, once the game has kicked off some services will be cancelled to allow the schedule to catch up.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">&#13; <p dir="ltr" lang="en">(1/2) No service Hackney Downs - Liverpool St while we fix a faulty train at Liverpool St. Minor delays btn Surrey Quays - New Cross while..&#13; — London Overground (@LDNOverground) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LDNOverground/status/662303870660550656" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3108131-https://twitter.com/LDNOverground/status/662303870660550656" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 5, 2015</a>

Some passengers have taken to Twitter to vent their frustration following the delays.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">&#13; <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LDNOverground" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3108131-https://twitter.com/LDNOverground" data-vars-event-id="c23">@LDNOverground</a> what's going on Liverpool Street to WHL? Any info??? None at all here at the station. Pretty bad.&#13; — Jed Cinnamon (@jed_cinnamon) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/jed_cinnamon/status/662348288088260608" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3108131-https://twitter.com/jed_cinnamon/status/662348288088260608" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 5, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">&#13; <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Taken 45 minutes to get from Liverpool Street to Stratford. Going to be an expensive night for <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/greateranglia" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3108131-https://twitter.com/greateranglia" data-vars-event-id="c23">@greateranglia</a> with all the compensation.&#13; — Alexxx (@alexandraaa_may) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/alexandraaa_may/status/662341732395302914" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3108131-https://twitter.com/alexandraaa_may/status/662341732395302914" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 5, 2015</a>

A TfL spokeswoman said passengers face an extra 20 minutes on their journey times.

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