Tube travellers led along tunnel after latest breakdown

Tube travellers had to be led along tracks through an underground tunnel for the second day in a row today because of fresh disruption to services.

Around 400 passengers on London Underground’s Victoria line were stuck in a tunnel near Seven Sisters after a defective train caused huge delays in the rush hour.

There were also delays on other parts of the system, including the Northern and Circle lines, because of signal failures and track problems.

The Tube delays followed yesterday’s power failure on the Jubilee line which led to thousands of passengers being stranded in tunnels before being led to safety along the tracks.

The RMT said an ongoing ban on overtime by thousands of workers in a long-running row over job cuts was having an effect on services.

The union, and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA), has already held two strikes and is threatening fresh walkouts next month, claiming Transport for London is planning to cut almost 2,000 jobs.