Signal failure at Kew Gardens disrupts District and Mildmay lines
7 August 2026 · By Boroughly editorial — AI-assisted, human-reviewed.
A signal failure at Kew Gardens is causing significant disruption on two lines this morning, affecting residents travelling into central London from Chiswick and neighbouring stations.
The District Line has no service between Turnham Green and Richmond while engineers work to fix the fault. London Buses and South Western Railway are accepting Tube tickets via any reasonable route, so if you need to reach Richmond, hopping on a local bus or an SWR train from a nearby National Rail stop is your best option right now.
The Mildmay Line (London Overground) is also affected, with no service running between Willesden Junction and Richmond for the same reason. A separate, planned engineering closure is additionally blocking westbound Mildmay services between Stratford and Camden Road, though that element is unrelated to the Kew Gardens fault.
Good service is reported on all other sections of both lines. TfL has not yet given an estimated time for the signal repair to be completed, so travellers should check before setting out.
The latest status for both lines is on the TfL service status page.