M25 closures cause travel chaos for thousands of morning journeys

The M25 is closed anti-clockwise after a lorry jackknifed near Reigate in the early hours of this morning.

Surrey Police said the carriageway was closed between junction 10 (A3) and junction 8 (Reigate) after a lorry hit the central reservation just before 11.30pm on Sunday.

National Highways said the lorry ‘struck the central reservation and come to rest sideways across the carriageway’. A diversion is in place via A-roads.

Meanwhile there are also delays on London’s tube network this morning as the Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line is facing issues.

Transport for London has warned Metropolitan Line commuters there is no service between Moor Park and Amersham / Chesham and severe delays between Watford and Harrow-on-the-Hill after a signal failure in Rickmansworth.

There is also no service between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge due a shortage of Piccadilly line trains.