Major London station faces rush hour chaos after engineering work overruns

There is queueing traffic on the approach (Picture: Highways England)

The M25 is currently blocked anticlockwise between junction 29 for Romford and 28 for Brentwood after a multi-vehicle crash.

Emergency services are on the scene.

There is already queueing traffic on the approach, with delays of about 20 minutes in the area.

Overall there is good service on most Tube lines this morning, but there are some issues with the Metropolitan and Jubilee lines.

Jubilee line: Minor delays due to faulty trains

Metropolitan line: Severe delays Rickmansworth to Amersham/Chesham due to an earlier signal failure at Chalfont & Latimer. Good service on the rest of the line

There’s a fault with the barriers at a level crossing at Lymington Town, which is forcing trains to run at reduced speeds on all lines.

South Western Railway trains running through this station could face delays of up to 20 minutes.

This disruption is expected to last until about 8am.

A points failure in the Selby area is causing disruption to journeys between Selby and Doncaster.

Network Rail engineers are trying to resolve the problem, but ‘significant repairs’ to the faulty points are required.

Hull Trains and LNER services between Selby and Doncaster will be cancelled, revised or diverted, and this is expected to continue until Sunday, November 17.

Services are being diverted via Goole, with no trains stopping at Howden and Selby.

Northern and TransPennine Express services that run through Selby are unaffected by this disruption.

There are also issues on the railway in Lincolnshire this morning, after a road accident in the Hubberts Bridge area has blocked lines between Sleaford and Boston.

East Midlands Railway trains running between these stations will be cancelled or revised.

This is expected to last until about 9.30am.

Elsewhere in the UK, Transport for Wales travellers are facing disruption for most of the day today.

A shortage of signalling staff means the signal box at Gobowen will be closed between 7am and 7pm today.

This means trains running between Wrexham General and Shrewsbury may be cancelled, revised or diverted.

Trains running southbound (from Holyhead towards Birmingham / Cardiff) may terminate at Chester and restart at Shrewsbury, while northbound trains (from Cardiff / Birmingham towards Chester / Holyhead) may terminate at Shrewsbury and restart at Chester to continue the journey.