Piccadilly line: live status and updates
PiccadillyStatus: Good Service
Is the Piccadilly line running today?
Yes, as of the afternoon of 14 May 2026, the Piccadilly line is running with good service.
This page shows the latest Piccadilly line status, plus reliability trends based on observed service history. Set up free alerts on the homepage to get emailed when the status changes.
Piccadilly Line Performance Summary
Last 24 hours
In the last 24 hours (), the Piccadilly line averaged 65.4% good service - rather poor. The weekly figure of 50.4% tells a different story.
Last 7 days
During the past seven days up to , the Piccadilly line sat at 50.4% reliability across all hours - really rather poor. During peak hours, reliability was slightly higher at 79.0%. Over the past 90 days, Wednesdays have tended to be the best day at 69.8%, while Saturdays have been the weakest at 40.6%.
Last 30 days
Over the 30 days from to , the Piccadilly line came in at 54.8% - quite poor indeed, and ranked 20th out of 20, the worst on the network. During peak hours, reliability came in at 69.1%, edging slightly above the all-hours figure.
Last year
Over the last year ( to ), the Piccadilly line has ranked 20th out of 20 lines with 61.0% reliability, the worst on the network.
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Detailed charts showing how the Piccadilly line has performed over different time periods. All reliability figures are time-weighted and exclude normal overnight closures.
Piccadilly line service status: last 24 hours
Every status change on the Piccadilly line in the past 24 hours, from Good Service through to suspensions and closures.
Piccadilly line status distribution: last 7 days
How operational time was split between service statuses over the past week. This shows status distribution, not the reliability figure (which excludes planned closures and overnight closures).
Piccadilly line monthly reliability trend
Month-by-month reliability percentage showing long-term performance patterns and seasonal trends.
Piccadilly line reliability by hour of day
Average reliability for each hour of the day, based on 60 days of monitoring. Helps identify the best and worst travel times.
Piccadilly line reliability by day of week
Over the last 90 days, the Piccadilly line has performed best on Wednesdays (69.8%) and worst on Saturdays (40.6%).
Piccadilly line typical station busyness
How busy stations on the Piccadilly line typically are throughout the day, based on TfL crowding data. 100% = the single busiest hour of the week.
Recent status changes
- Good Service —
- Minor Delays —
- Good Service —
- Service Closed —
- Good Service —
- Minor Delays —
- Severe Delays — Piccadilly Line: Severe delays due to an earlier fire alert at Finsbury Park and an earlier signal failure at Russell Square. London Buses, …
How we calculate reliability
- Time-weighted: Reliability is the percentage of operational time with “Good Service”, not a count of incidents. A 23-hour good day with a 1-hour delay scores ~96%, not 50%.
- Operational hours only: Normal overnight closures (“Service Closed”) and planned closures are excluded so they don’t deflate scores.
- Status change tracking: We record every status change from the TfL API (polled every 60 seconds), then calculate the duration of each status period.
- Peak hours: Peak-hour figures cover weekday mornings (07:00-09:30) and evenings (16:30-19:00) only. All-hours figures include the full operational day.
- Refresh frequency: Statistics on this page are recalculated every 5 minutes. Day-of-week patterns are based on the last 90 days of data.
- Data source: All data comes from the Transport for London Unified API.
- New lines: DLR, Elizabeth line, and Tram were recently added to our monitoring. Annual statistics for these lines will become available once a full year of data has been collected.
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About the Piccadilly line
The Piccadilly line is your Heathrow lifeline and West End workhorse, but it's also notorious for older trains and warm tunnels. It's the line for Covent Garden theatre plans, Arsenal match days (hello, Emirates Stadium), and airport runs with luggage and time pressure. Check for delays before you travel, especially if you've got a flight to catch.