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Chelsea fans vented their frustration as two major Tube lines ground to a halt ahead of their FA Cup tie against Norwich.

Travellers complained of being stuck on stationary trains outside stations for up to an hour on Wednesday evening after a faulty train at Earl's Court sparked chaos on the District and Circle lines.

There was no service across a swathe of the District line and no service clockwise on the Circle line.

Chelsea FC's official Twitter account earlier warned fans of the disruption. Kick-off was delayed until 8pm.

It posted: "For fans coming to tonight's game, there is currently no service on the District Line between South Kensington/Edgware Road and Parsons Green/Ealing Broadway and Richmond due to a faulty train at Earls Court."

Meanwhile one person tweeted: “HIGH DRAMA on the District Line, where my train has been stationary for over an hour: Policeman says train has suffered "catastrophic failure" (!), now being walked down the tunnel to Earl's Court.”

Another said: “Any news for those of us stuck on trains between stations. Now over an hour. What’s happening? Are we staying here all night?”

Another angry traveller said: “Left work an hour ago and still stuck in Earls Court. Keep getting told to take a bus but can't actually get on those buses because it's so busy. There is a delay every single day. When will this terrible line be improved?!”

Severe delays remained on both lines into the evening, with TfL telling customers to make full use of the Piccadilly line, while London buses, South Western Railways and Great Western Railways and London Overground and C2C also accepted tickets.