Elizabeth line status
Running a good service right now. Below: how often it has actually been disrupted over the last thirty days.
Last updated 19 Sept 2026, 17:10
Right now
Transport for London reports a good service on the Elizabeth line as of .
The last thirty days
Unplanned disruption on 25 of the last thirty days, across 76 separate spells, totalling 183h 22m. Planned engineering work is excluded.
| Started | Status | Reason given |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Hayes & Harlington and Heathrow Terminals while we fix a faulty train at Heathrow Terminals 2&3. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Paddington and Reading / Heathrow Terminals due to an earlier signal failure at Hanwell. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Paddington and Reading / Heathrow Terminals while we fix a signal failure at Hanwell. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminals / Reading due to a power supply failure at Southall. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Whitechapel and Shenfield due to a earlier faulty train at Gidea Park. GOOD service on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Ilford and Shenfield eastbound only while we fix a faulty train at Maryland. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Maidenhead and Reading due to an earlier customer incident. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Maidenhead and Reading due to an earlier customer incident. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Part Suspended | No service between Maidenhead and Reading while emergency services deal with a casualty on the track. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Paddington and Reading / Heathrow Airport due to damage to equipment caused by vandalism in the Paddington area. Tickets are being accepted on London Underground, London Buses, Great Western Railway and South Western Railway. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Part Suspended | No service between Paddington and Heathrow until 07:00 due to vandalism to equipment in the Paddington area. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses and the Piccadilly line via any reasonable route. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays Hayes & Harlington and Reading due to vandalism to equipment in the Paddington area. MINOR DELAYS Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 due to vandalism to equipment in the Paddington area. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 due to vandalism to railway equipment in the Paddington area. MINOR DELAYS between Whitechapel and Shenfield due to an earlier signal failure at Gidea Park. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 and MINOR DELAYS between Hayes & Harlington and Reading due to vandalism to railway equipment in the Paddington area. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 due to vandalism to railway equipment in the Paddington area. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 4 and MINOR DELAYS Hayes & Harlington to Reading due to vandalism to railway equipment in the Paddington area. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 due to vandalism to railway equipment in the Paddington area. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Hayes & Harlington and Reading due to vandalism to railway equipment in the Paddington area. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 and MINOR DELAYS between Hayes & Harlington and Reading due to vandalism to railway equipment in the Paddington area. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. London Underground are accepting tickets via any reasonable route. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 due to vandalism to railway equipment in the Paddington area. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Airport / Reading following a late finish of engineering work at Westbourne Park and an earlier customer incident. Tickets are being accepted on London Underground, Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, Chiltern Railway, DLR, Southeastern and Thameslink. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Terminals / Reading due to an earlier customer incident and an earlier late finish of engineering works at Westbourne Park. Tickets will be accepted on London Underground. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Part Suspended | No service between Hayes & Harlington and Heathrow Airport/Reading while emergency services carry out an investigation on the track. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 due to vandalism to equipment in the Paddington area. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. |
Where this comes from
Live status is Transport for London’s own open data. The record is ours: TfL publishes what every line is doing now and keeps no history, so the only way to say how often a line fails is to write it down as it happens. These figures are our arithmetic, not an official TfL statistic.