Piccadilly line
delay refunds
Was your Piccadilly 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
- 53
- Length
- 71 km
- Opened
- 1906
Runs between
Cockfosters ↔ Heathrow / Uxbridge
Rolling stock
1973 Stock, being replaced by the new 2024 Stock from 2025 onwards
Why you are probably owed money
Piccadilly line delays add up faster than you think.
The Piccadilly line runs from Cockfosters in north London to Heathrow Airport and Uxbridge via Holborn, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Knightsbridge and Hammersmith. The 1973 Stock trains are among the oldest on the network, and the replacement programme is ongoing.
Any Piccadilly line journey delayed 15 minutes or more is eligible for a full TfL refund, provided the cause wasn't planned engineering, a strike, severe weather, a security alert or a customer incident.
Typical claimable delays
What usually qualifies on the Piccadilly 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 Piccadilly line:
Rolling-stock faults on the ageing 1973 Stock
Delays on the Heathrow branch, especially on the Terminal 5 spur
Signal failures through the central section
Hot-weather slow-running in summer (not excluded - still claimable)
How to claim a Piccadilly 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 Piccadilly line delay on your journey history and pre-fill the refund claim. You approve, we submit to TfL.
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Key Piccadilly line stations
Where Piccadilly line delays most often hit
- train
King's Cross St Pancras - six-line interchange
- train
Holborn - central hub, interchange with the Central line
- train
Hammersmith - interchange with District and Hammersmith & City
- train
Heathrow Terminals 2/3, 4 and 5 - airport branch, frequent delay source
Frequently asked
Piccadilly line refund questions
TfL refunds Piccadilly line delays of 15 minutes or more, the standard Underground threshold.
Yes. The 15 minute threshold applies across the whole Piccadilly line, including the Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 branches.
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. Rolling-stock faults aren't on TfL's exclusion list. If the delay was 15 minutes or more, the journey qualifies.
28 days from the journey date. Reeclaim scans the last 28 days automatically once you connect your TfL account.
More answers in our full FAQ.
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