On Tuesday evening 16 November 1982, train 62, the 20.09 from Hainault to Ealing. Broadway, became stalled between St. Pauls and Chancery Lane because of an air defect on the train. Having isolated the defect , passengers were detrained on arrival at Chancery Lane and then the train proceeded empty. As the delay was building up , somewhat in the region of 30 minutes, train 25, the 20.43 from West Ruislip to Epping was reversed east to west at Marble Arch via the siding, to fill the gap in the westbound service. It was while train 25 was standing in the westbound platform at Marble Arch that train 62 still running empty, overran the Marble Arch home signals and collided with train 25. The trains were formed as follows: train 25 - 1660-2660-9661-1661+1500-2528-9501-1501; train 62 - 1458-2458-9459-1459+1544-2544-9545-1545. Extensive damage was caused to the two DMs , with the cabs of both having to be cut off before moved to Ruislip depot. Also, trailer 2458 was also badly damaged in. that the panelling has come away from the roof line at one end. Train services were immediately suspended between Liverpool Street and White City and the detrainment of the eight stalled trains behind set 62 was completed within an hour . Four of these were later worked wrong line back to Holborn and then back to Hainault right line via British Museum siding - last used at the time of the Holborn collision in I980. Train 25 was moved to Ruislip depot at 02.30 on Wednesday morning , but train 62 could not be moved until 11.25 Wednesday, into Marble Arch siding - it went to Ruislip depot after traffic Wednesday night/Thursday morning. For the morning peak service' on Wednesday 17.11.82 special services were worked as follows:
8 trains Hainault & Liverpool Street
10 trains Epping & Holborn (Leytonstone only until 07.30)
6 trains'West Ruislip & White City
3 trains Ealing Broadway & White City
In addition, four trains made eastbound trips through the central area, as follows: 08.00 White City" to Hainault .08.00 West Ruislip to Hainault 08.15 West Ruislip to Hainault 08.30 West Ruislip to Hainault.
The Central Line was yet again in the news on Monday 22.11.82 when a west - bound train stalled at Bank at 09.03 having sustained a broken shoebeam. It was not until 10.53 that the train departed empty after attendance by the breakdown gang. Passengers from two out of the Ij trapped behind the defective train were detrained which was completed at 10.46. The 11 others were held at or between stations between Mile End and Liverpool Street , and passengers from these were detrained onto platforms where possible . However, one of these trains arrived at Liverpool Street at 12.12 with passengers still on board. Another train displaced 24 metres of positive current rail at 11.15 and central area services were suspended until 15.30. A third train to sustain a broken shoebeam stalled at West Acton at 13.45. This was moved to White City depot after the offending shoebeam had been safely strapped up. Mr.Cope , LTs Operations Director (Rail) was interviewed on television. He said that the Bank incident had been made to sound worse than it was . He said that everything had been carried out in absolute safety, and bearing in mind that over 4,000 people were stranded it was an achievement to have had them all out in about two hours , "A railway which never went wrong" , Mr.Cope said, "would never turn a wheel!"