RMT says that it has filed reports this morning with the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) detailing clear breaches of safety regulations. On the Bakerloo Line a limited “shuttle service” is running non-stop from Marylebone to Queens Park passing through six closed stations – a clear breach of the fire regulations that stipulate if three stations in a row are closed the service should be suspended as an incident in a tunnel would make safe evacuation impossible.

A similar situation on the District Line where Embankment, Temple, Blackfriars and Mansion House are closed – with Cannon St expected to close – but trains still being allowed to run through in contravention of regulations.

150 passengers dumped off a train on the Central Line at Leytonstone and forced to climb over fences to get out of the closed station after managers were caught out trying to run an under-staffed service and were forced to cancel in mid-stream.

RMT have also dismissed TfL claims that a normal service is running on the Northern Line even though a large number of stations on the route are closed.