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A Tube strike has wreaked havoc across the London Underground network and has shut the Victoria line section of Highbury and Islington station.
Although Overground services were expected to be running as normal today and a TfL spokesperson said the station was open, TfL’s official Twitter account has told users that “Highbury and Islington Station is closed for London Overground services due to strike action on London Underground”.
Hi Anni, Highbury & Islington station is closed for London Overground services due to strike action on London Underground. Please check before you travel: https://t.co/lYt6exZbky ^LH.
— TfL (@TfL) March 15, 2023
Commuters have been left confused as TfL’s website says that there is “good service” on its London Overground service.
One Twitter user said: “My wife just walked past, and said Highbury & Islington Overground was closed, so she had to walk to Canonbury instead.
“The trains are running, but not stopping at H&I.”
My wife just walked past, and said Highbury & Islington Overground was closed, so she had to walk to Canonbury instead.
The trains are running, but not stopping at H&I.
— Greg Clough (@gregclough) March 15, 2023
But in a later Tweet, the same user said: “Correction…she said ‘it looks closed’, but is actually open”.
Correction… she said it “looks closed”, but is actually open. :-/
— Greg Clough (@gregclough) March 15, 2023
The user then apologised for the “confusion” of his contradictory Tweets. In response, another Twitter user said: “It’s not you that’s causing it”.
It’s not you that’s causing it!
— Highbury Fields (@FieldsHighbury) March 15, 2023
Great Northern had already confirmed that there would be no service on its trains at Moorgate, Old Street, Essex Road, Highbury and Islington and Drayton Park.
TfL’s website says: “Some stations managed by London Underground may be…
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