Circle line
delay refunds
Was your Circle line journey delayed by 15 minutes or more? You are owed a full refund from TfL. Reeclaim finds every eligible delay on your contactless card and files the claim for you.
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Line facts
- Delay threshold
- 15 min
- Stations
- 36
- Length
- 27 km
- Opened
- 1884
Runs between
Hammersmith ↔ Edgware Road (via Aldgate loop)
Rolling stock
S7 Stock shared with the Hammersmith & City, District and Metropolitan lines
Why you are probably owed money
Circle line delays add up faster than you think.
The Circle line runs in a spiral through central London, calling at Paddington, Baker Street, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Tower Hill, Westminster and back round via Victoria. It shares a huge amount of track with the Hammersmith & City, District and Metropolitan lines, which means a fault on any of those can ripple into Circle line delays.
If you were delayed 15 minutes or more on the Circle line, TfL owes you a full refund. The rule is straightforward - but you have to claim within 28 days, and most travellers never do.
Typical claimable delays
What usually qualifies on the Circle line
Any delay of 15 minutes or more qualifies, unless the cause was planned engineering, a strike, severe weather, a security alert or a customer incident. Here are the sorts of issues we see most often on the Circle line:
Cascade delays from faults on the shared sub-surface lines
Signalling issues in the sub-surface tunnels through central London
Points failures around Earl's Court and Edgware Road
Overruns during planned sub-surface engineering works (not claimable)
How to claim a Circle line refund
Three steps. Two minutes. Money back on your card.
- 1
Create your Reeclaim account
Just your email. We send a magic link, no new password to remember.
- 2
Connect your TfL account
Sign in with your TfL login and a one-time SMS code. That lets us see your contactless card journeys.
- 3
Approve claims in one tap
We find every eligible Circle line delay on your journey history and pre-fill the refund claim. You approve, we submit to TfL.
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Key Circle line stations
Where Circle line delays most often hit
- train
Paddington - mainline interchange, common delay entry point
- train
King's Cross St Pancras - six-line interchange, delay cascades frequent
- train
Liverpool Street - mainline & Elizabeth line interchange
- train
Victoria - heavy peak-hour loading and mainline interchange
Frequently asked
Circle line refund questions
TfL refunds Circle line delays of 15 minutes or more, the standard Underground threshold.
The Circle shares track with three other sub-surface lines, so any fault on the District, Hammersmith & City or Metropolitan can cause knock-on Circle delays. Most of those are fully claimable.
TfL refunds the full fare of the delayed journey. The refund goes straight back to your contactless card within 5-10 working days of TfL approval.
No. Planned engineering, strikes, severe weather, security alerts and customer incidents are explicitly excluded by TfL. All other delays over 15 minutes qualify.
28 days from the journey date. Reeclaim scans your full 28-day history automatically once you connect your TfL account.
More answers in our full FAQ.
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