Monday 19 September 2022 12:44 PM Are trains running into London during Queen's funeral today? Is TfL Tube ... trends now

Monday 19 September 2022 12:44 PM Are trains running into London during Queen's funeral today? Is TfL Tube ... trends now
Monday 19 September 2022 12:44 PM Are trains running into London during Queen's funeral today? Is TfL Tube ... trends now

Monday 19 September 2022 12:44 PM Are trains running into London during Queen's funeral today? Is TfL Tube ... trends now

Trains are running in and out of London to help mourners visiting the capital to pay their respects to the Queen, with around 200 daily rail services added to timetables.

Great Western Railway travel 

An electrical fault this morning has meant all trains into the capital from the west were disrupted. Great Western Railway (GWR) said all railway lines between Slough and Paddington were blocked due to damage to overhead electric wires.

Services run by GWR, Heathrow Express and the Elizabeth line are affected. 

The lines between Reading and Newbury were also closed due to a person being hit by a train. 

This is causing GWR trains to be diverted, delaying journeys to the capital.

Southeastern and Chiltern Railways 

Operators such as Southeastern and Chiltern Railways confirmed they will all run services to and from London Victoria, Marylebone and Paddington stations respectively.

Network Rail warned visitors of 'unprecedented travel demand in the capital' while Transport for London commissioner Andy Byford said the challenge of keeping the capital moving would be 'bigger than the Olympics'.

Southeastern has been running overnight services every two hours from Victoria to Dartford, Gillingham, Orpington and Ashford; Charing Cross to Orpington and Tunbridge Wells; and St Pancras to Ashford.

Chiltern operated two additional overnight trains every day from Oxford to Marylebone, leaving at 1.35am and arriving at 3am; then a return journey leaving Marylebone at 3.15am and arriving at Oxford at 4.38am. 

Extra trains are now being displayed on journey planners such as Trainline, but a rail industry source warned that the limited number of overnight services means they are 'not something people should be relying on'. 

There is likely to be further strain on the rail network because London Victoria Coach Station is shut due to many of the roads around it being closed - with National Express switching services to Wembley. 

TfL Tube  

The Elizabeth line is part suspended and the Piccadilly line is suffering from severe delays. There is a good service on all other lines.

A message from Network Rail in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II is displayed at London Waterloo station on September 8

A message from Network Rail in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II is displayed at London Waterloo station on September 8

Commuters pass beneath a tribute image of the Queen at King's Cross St Pancras London Underground station on September 10

Commuters pass beneath a tribute image of the Queen at King's Cross St Pancras London Underground station on September 10

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is displayed on an advertising board at Wimbledon station in South West London on September 10

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is displayed on an advertising board at Wimbledon station in South West London on September 10

Queen Elizabeth II and her son Prince Edward visit London Paddington railway station to open the Elizabeth line on May 17

Queen Elizabeth II and her son Prince Edward visit London Paddington railway station to open the Elizabeth line on May 17

The late monarch's lying in state at Westminster Hall opened to the public for 24 hours a day from September 14 and closed at 6.30am today, before the monarch is moved from Westminster Hall to the Abbey for the funeral. 

How it is costing more than £150 for a return to London from Edinburgh or Newcastle

Here are the cheapest return tickets to London for the Queen's state funeral today.

These fares are for direct trains arriving before 10am, and leaving after 5pm, checked on Trainline on Sept 14.

Edinburgh to London King's Cross - £158 (advance singles) Newcastle to London King's Cross - £152 (advance singles) Glasgow to London Euston - £148.60 (advance singles) Leeds to London King's Cross - £122.60 (advance singles) York to London King's Cross - £122.60 (advance singles) Plymouth to London Paddington - £113.10 (super off-peak return) Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston - £98.10 (off-peak return) Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston - £98.10 (off-peak return) Cardiff to London Paddington - £89 (super off-peak return) Hull to London King's Cross - £91 (off-peak return) Sheffield to London St Pancras - £87 (super off-peak return) Bournemouth to London Waterloo - £68.30 (super off-peak return) Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington - £67.20 (super off-peak return) Norwich to London Liverpool Street - £62.10 (off-peak return) Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone - £34.40 (super off-peak return) Paris Gare du Nord to London St Pancras - £251.50 (standard fares) Brussels Midi to London St Pancras - £312 (standard fares) Amsterdam Central to London St Pancras - £391.80 (standard fares)

The details of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral have been strictly laid out by organisers and include a two-minute national silence and final procession of senior royals led by the King - before Her Majesty is laid to rest in Windsor beside beloved husband Philip, the Queen Mother and King George VI.  

World leaders - as well as 200 everyday heroes - will make up the 2,000-strong congregation gathering at Westminster Abbey today for the monarch's final farewell. 

The Queen's state funeral will end with a two-minute national silence in a 'fitting tribute to an extraordinary reign' before she is laid to rest beside her late husband in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace revealed on Thursday. 

Ticket retailer Trainline said it recorded a 53 per cent increase in bookings for journeys to London today compared with the same day last week.

Modern Railways reported that major London stations remined open through the night over the coming days, as mourners were invited to sit in stationary trains at stations such as Charing Cross, Euston, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Paddington and Victoria while they waited for the next departures.

And Transport for London's boss said it is facing the 'biggest event and challenge' in its history as more than one million people are expected to have travelled to the centre of the capital to pay their respects to the Queen.

Mr Byford, the organisation's commissioner, said that planning for the Queen's lying in state and funeral is more complicated than the 2012 Olympics as it is 'impossible' to accurately predict crowd sizes.

TfL is 'used to dealing with big crowds' and will take measures such as temporarily restricting access to the busiest Tube stations and directing passengers to other stations to 'spread the load', he said.

Mr Byford added that the situation is being managed 'minute by minute' from a command centre alongside other agencies and Government departments.

He also told the Evening Standard: 'We are absolutely fully focused on this. I'm deploying every

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