Northern 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 Northern line as of .
The last thirty days
Unplanned disruption on 12 of the last thirty days, across 52 separate spells, totalling 44h 49m. Planned engineering work is excluded.
| Started | Status | Reason given |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Delays | Northern Line: Minor delays between Camden Town and Kennington via Bank Northbound only due to an earlier faulty train at Clapham Common. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Part Suspended | Northern Line: No service between Kennington and Battersea Power Station due to a communications fault in the control room. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Northern Line: Minor delays due to an earlier fire alert at Mornington Crescent. | |
| Part Suspended | Northern Line: No service between Mornington Crescent and Charing Cross southbound only while we respond to a fire alert at Mornington Crescent. MINOR DELAYS between Kennington and Battersea Power Station. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Northern Line: Minor delays due to an earlier faulty track at Balham. | |
| Severe Delays | Northern Line: Severe delays due to an earlier faulty track at Balham. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses, London Trams, Southeastern, Thameslink and South Western Railway services. | |
| Part Suspended | Northern Line: No service between Stockwell and Morden southbound only and SEVERE DELAYS on the rest of the line while we fix a track fault at Balham. London Buses are accepting tickets via any reasonable route. | |
| Severe Delays | Northern Line: Severe delays due to an earlier signal failure at Chalk Farm. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses and Thameslink. | |
| Part Suspended | Northern Line: No service between Edgware and Camden Town southbound only while we fix a signal failure at Chalk Farm. SEVERE DELAYS between Edgware and Camden Town northbound only. MINOR DELAYS on the rest of the line. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses and Thameslink. | |
| Severe Delays | Northern Line: Severe delays between Camden Town and Edgware while we fix a signal failure at Chalk Farm. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses and Thameslink. | |
| Minor Delays | Northern Line: Minor delays between Camden Town and Edgware while we fix a signal failure at Chalk Farm. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Northern Line: Severe delays while we fix a points failure at Hampstead. London Buses are accepting tickets via any reasonable route. | |
| Part Suspended | Northern Line: No service between Edgware and Camden Town southbound, SEVERE DELAYS between Edgware and Camden Town northbound, and MINOR DELAYS between Camden Town and Battersea Power Station while we fix a points failure at Hampstead. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Part Suspended | Northern Line: No service between Edgware and Camden Town southbound, SEVERE DELAYS between Edgware and Camden Town northbound, and MINOR DELAYS between Kennington and Camden Town northbound only while we fix a points failure at Hampstead. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Northern Line: Minor delays due to an earlier fire alert at Hendon Central. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Northern Line: Severe delays between Camden Town and Edgware and MINOR DELAYS on the rest of the line due to an earlier fire alert at Hendon Central. Tickets will be accepted on London Buses. | |
| Part Suspended | Northern Line: No service between Camden Town and Edgware and SEVERE DELAYS on the rest of the line while we respond to a fire alert at Hendon Central. Tickets will be accepted on London Buses. | |
| Severe Delays | Northern Line: Severe delays between Camden Town and Edgware while we respond to a fire alert at Hendon Central. Tickets will be accepted on London Buses. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Northern Line: Minor delays between Camden Town and Edgware while we respond to a fire alert at Hendon Central. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Northern Line: Minor delays between Battersea Power Station and Camden Town via Charing Cross due to an earlier trespasser at Euston. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Northern Line: Severe delays between Camden Town and Battersea Power Station via Charing Cross due to an earlier faulty train at Goodge Street. GOOD service on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Northern Line: Severe delays between Camden Town and Battersea Power Station via Charing Cross while we fix a faulty train at Goodge Street. GOOD service on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Northern Line: Minor delays between Camden Town and Battersea Power Station via Charing Cross while we fix a faulty train at Goodge Street. GOOD service on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Northern Line: Minor delays between Tooting Broadway and Morden due to an earlier trespasser on the track at Morden. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Part Suspended | Northern Line: No service between Tooting Broadway and Morden while we deal with a trespasser on the track at Morden. 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.