Metropolitan line
delay refunds
Was your Metropolitan 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 submits the claim in one tap.
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Line facts
- Delay threshold
- 15 min
- Stations
- 34
- Length
- 66.7 km
- Opened
- 1863
Runs between
Aldgate ↔ Amersham / Chesham / Uxbridge / Watford
Rolling stock
S8 Stock, the largest Underground trains in service
Why you are probably owed money
Metropolitan line delays add up faster than you think.
The Metropolitan line is the oldest underground railway in the world, opened in 1863. It runs from Aldgate in the City out to Amersham, Chesham, Uxbridge and Watford, making it one of the longest-reaching lines on the network.
Any Metropolitan line journey delayed 15 minutes or more qualifies for a full TfL refund. Claims must be submitted within 28 days of travel.
Typical claimable delays
What usually qualifies on the Metropolitan 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 Metropolitan line:
Signal failures on the outer branches to Amersham and Chesham
Delays at Harrow-on-the-Hill, where multiple branches converge
S8 Stock rolling-stock faults
Weekend engineering closures on the western branches (not claimable)
How to claim a Metropolitan 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 Metropolitan line delay on your journey history and pre-fill the refund claim. You approve, we submit to TfL.
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Key Metropolitan line stations
Where Metropolitan line delays most often hit
- train
Baker Street - historic hub and interchange with four other lines
- train
King's Cross St Pancras - six-line interchange
- train
Harrow-on-the-Hill - branch convergence point for the outer network
- train
Aldgate - eastern terminus and interchange with the Circle line
Frequently asked
Metropolitan line refund questions
TfL refunds Metropolitan line delays of 15 minutes or more, the standard Underground threshold.
Yes. The 15 minute threshold applies across the whole Metropolitan line, including the outer branches.
TfL refunds the full fare of the delayed journey to the contactless card you tapped with.
28 days from the journey date. Reeclaim scans the full 28-day history automatically.
If the delay to your specific journey was 15 minutes or more and the cause wasn't on the exclusion list, yes.
More answers in our full FAQ.
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