J Lynch wrote:
The following currently (1150) appears on the TfL real time website:

The Hammersmith & City Line has no service between Hammersmith H&C
Station and Edgware Road Station in both directions. This will
affect journeys from 05:31 on 12/07/04 until further notice.This is
due to police request at Westbourne Park Station.
Message Received: 12/7/2004 5:31:26 AM

Is this true? If so does anyone know what the problem is and, given
that this would seem to be effective from the start of traffic, are
there any H&C trains in service at all, as most are stabled at
Hammersmith?

Service restored at 14:59. I can only assume that a serious crime was
committed at Westbourne Park during the night, and that the police
needed to collect forensic evidence on or near the tracks. Over 9 hours
seems excessive, though. Presumably there were enough trains berthed in
stabling sidings such as Edgware Road to run the service on the rest of
the line.
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Richard J.
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