"James Farrar" wrote in message
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Anyone know what caused the westbound Piccadilly line to be so bad
this morning? It took me nearly an hour and a half from Turnpike Lane
to Northfields starting just before 10am.

I know part of the delay was caused by a passenger alarm that caused
the train to stop about half a car short of the normal stopping point,
and that took more than 5 minutes to be resolved, but even after that
it was very slow... and the driver kept making announcements about
disruption to the eastbound service, which confused me!

I believe a train caught fire at Wood Green eastbound about that time. This
in turn suspended the eastbound line.
Trains were terminating at Kings X and Hyde Pk Cnr so they were most
probably in the wrong place for the drivers relief.