London Paddington Station was forced to close two tube lines today due to what was thought to be heavy flooding.
The Hammersmith & City and Circle line platforms had been closed off to passengers after services ground to a halt.
District and Circle line underground trains towards Edgware Road, Elizabeth Line services, as well as National Rail trains were all said to be running as normal.
Though minor delays were also reported on the Bakerloo line, according to TfL.
Passengers aren't allowed to access the Hammersmith & City and Circle linesGB NewsThe segment of the station was closed due to "flooding caused by heavy rain", unofficial London transport advisory page TfL Access said, before confirming the platforms had reopened hours later.
Station staff said "everything was running" elsewhere, but they "couldn't tell" passengers when the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines would reopen.
Passengers attempting to access the platforms were told to use other lines at Paddington while the closures were in place.
But a TfL staff member told GB News: "There's no water on the lines... It's just been closed temporarily – there's been an incident."
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Images from London Paddington showed the platforms for the two lines had been completely blocked off
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Workers would not elaborate on the nature of the incident.
The closures came after a slew of heavy rain in the capital, with 14 flood warnings currently in place in London according to the government's flood alert service.
The lines are the most direct underground link between London Paddington and other key rail hubs at Euston and King's Cross stations, and their temporary shutdowns would have disrupted commuter travel in from the West of England.
The lines opened again at around 6pm, which shouldn't have caused too much disruption to the evening's commuter travel.
The news comes amid continued weather warnings across the UK, with a 'zonal' jet stream set to pummel the country with rain and thunderstorms.
And stations in London haven't been the only places affected by flooding this year; Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire was left partially submerged after January storms sent water levels surging.
But it's not all bad - thermometers are expected to nudge 15C across southern England by the weekend, though Scotland and the North will hover just below 10C.
Met Office meteorologist Annie Shuttleworth said: "There will be further rain for many areas through the rest of the week, but there is also going to be some drier and brighter weather and it is going to start to feel quite a bit milder as the week goes on."
