Northern line
delay refunds
Was your Northern 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
- 52
- Length
- 58 km
- Opened
- 1890
Runs between
Edgware / Mill Hill East / High Barnet ↔ Morden / Battersea Power Station
Rolling stock
1995 Stock with automatic train operation
Why you are probably owed money
Northern line delays add up faster than you think.
The Northern line is one of the busiest and most complex on the Tube, with two central-London branches (via Bank and via Charing Cross) and multiple northern and southern branches. Since 2021 it also reaches Battersea Power Station.
The line carries around 340 million passengers a year. Any Northern line journey delayed 15 minutes or more is eligible for a full TfL refund, providing the cause wasn't on TfL's exclusion list.
Typical claimable delays
What usually qualifies on the Northern 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 Northern line:
Signal failures in the Bank branch tunnels
Peak-hour overcrowding delays between London Bridge and Euston
Rolling-stock faults on 1995 Stock
Branch-merging delays at Camden Town and Kennington
How to claim a Northern 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 Northern line delay on your journey history and pre-fill the refund claim. You approve, we submit to TfL.
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Key Northern line stations
Where Northern line delays most often hit
- train
London Bridge - mainline and Jubilee interchange, heavy peak loading
- train
Camden Town - branch merge point, common delay source
- train
Euston - mainline interchange, frequent cascade delays
- train
Bank - City of London hub and Waterloo & City interchange
Frequently asked
Northern line refund questions
TfL refunds Northern line delays of 15 minutes or more, the standard Underground threshold.
Yes. The 15 minute threshold applies across the whole Northern line, including the Battersea Power Station branch opened in 2021.
TfL refunds the full fare of the delayed journey to the contactless card you tapped with, usually within 5-10 working days of approval.
Yes, as long as the overall delay was 15 minutes or more. Congestion-related delays aren't excluded by TfL.
28 days from the journey date. Reeclaim scans the last 28 days automatically once your TfL account is connected.
More answers in our full FAQ.
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