Elizabeth line status
Severe Delays right now. Below: what TfL says, and how often this line has been disrupted over the last thirty days.
Last updated 3 Nov 2026, 16:57
Right now
Transport for London reports severe delays on the Elizabeth line, since . In TfL’s own words: Severe delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 / Reading while we fix a track fault at Hayes and Harlington. Tickets are being accepted by London Underground, London Buses, Great Western Railway and South Western Railway via any reasonable route. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line.
The last thirty days
Unplanned disruption on 23 of the last thirty days, across 88 separate spells, totalling 106h 39m. Planned engineering work is excluded.
| Started | Status | Reason given |
|---|---|---|
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 / Reading while we fix a track fault at Hayes and Harlington. Tickets are being accepted by London Underground, London Buses, Great Western Railway and South Western Railway via any reasonable route. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminals / Reading while we fix a track fault at Hayes and Harlington. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminals/ Reading while we fix a track fault at Hayes and Harlington. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Hayes & Harlington and Heathrow Terminal 4 while police respond to a incident. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Paddington and Heathrow / Reading due to an earlier faulty train at Paddington. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Paddington and Heathrow / Reading and MINOR DELAYS between Paddington and Whitechapel while we fix a an earlier faulty train at Paddington. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Whitechapel and Paddington while we fix a faulty train at Paddington. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Paddington and Reading due to an earlier points failure at Whitechapel. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Reading and Maidenhead, and MINOR DELAYS between Abbey Wood and Maidenhead due to an earlier points failure at Whitechapel. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. London Underground are accepting tickets via any reasonable route. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Terminals/ Reading due to an earlier points failure at Whitechapel. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. Tickets are being accepted on London Underground, London Buses, DLR, Thameslink, South Eastern Railway, South Western Railway and Great Western Railway. | |
| Part Suspended | No service between Abbey Wood and Whitechapel and SEVERE DELAYS between Whitechapel and Heathrow/Reading due to an earlier points failure at Whitechapel. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. Tickets are being accepted on London Underground, London Buses, DLR, Thameslink, South Eastern Railway, South Western Railway and Great Western Railway. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Abbey Wood and Heathrow/Reading due to an earlier points failure at Whitechapel. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. Tickets are being accepted on London Underground, London Buses, DLR, Thameslink, South Eastern Railway, South Western Railway and Great Western Railway. | |
| Part Suspended | No service between Abbey Wood and Whitechapel, SEVERE DELAYS between Paddington and Heathrow / Reading and MINOR DELAYS between Paddington and Whitechapel, this is while we fix a points failure at Whitechapel. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Whitechapel and Shenfield due to a faulty train at Chadwell Heath. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Hayes & Harlington and Reading due to an earlier power supply failure. GOOD SERVCE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Airport / Reading and MINOR DELAYS on the rest of the line due to an earlier power supply failure. London Underground is accepting tickets via any reasonable route. | |
| Part Suspended | No service between Paddington and Abbey Wood due to a power supply failure. London Underground are accepting tickets via any reasonable route. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Whitechapel and Shenfield due to an earlier trespasser at Acton Main Line. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays due to an earlier trespasser at Acton Main Line. London Underground accepting tickets via any reasonable route. | |
| Part Suspended | No service between Hayes & Harlington and Reading due to an earlier trespasser at Acton Main Line. SEVERE DELAYS on the rest of the line. London Underground accepting tickets via any reasonable routes. | |
| Part Suspended | No service between Paddington and Heathrow Airport/Reading while we deal with a trespasser on the track at Paddington. SEVERE DELAYS between Paddington and Abbey Wood. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Minor delays between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Terminals / Reading due to an earlier customer incident. 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. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. Tickets are being accepted on London Underground, London Buses, Southwestern, Thameslink, DLR, South Western Railways, Great Western Railway and Chiltern Railway services. | |
| Part Suspended | No service between Hayes & Harlington and Reading and SEVERE DELAYS between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Terminals due to an earlier customer incident, GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. Tickets are being accepted on London Underground, London Buses, Southwestern, Thameslink, DLR, South Western Railways, Great Western Railway and Chiltern Railway services. | |
| Severe Delays | Severe delays between Abbey Wood and Heathrow Terminals / Reading while emergency services deal with a casualty on the track. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. Tickets are being accepted on London Underground, London Buses, Southwestern, Thameslink, DLR, South Western Railways, Great Western Railway and Chiltern Railway services. |
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.