Liberty line: live status and updates
LibertyStatus: Planned Closure
LIBERTY LINE: Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 March, no service between Romford and Upminster. Use local London Buses routes 165 248 and 370.
Is the Liberty line running today?
No, as of the evening of 14 March 2026, there is a planned closure on the Liberty line.
Details: LIBERTY LINE: Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 March, no service between Romford and Upminster. Use local London Buses routes 165 248 and 370.
This page shows the latest Liberty line status, plus reliability trends based on observed service history. Set up free alerts on the homepage to get emailed when the status changes.
Liberty Line Performance Summary
Last 24 hours
In the last 24 hours (), the Liberty line worked out at 100.0% good service - flawless. The past week matched exactly.
Last 7 days
During the past seven days up to , the Liberty line averaged 100.0% reliability across all hours - excellent. During peak hours, reliability was identical at 100.0%.
Last 30 days
Over the 30 days from to , the Liberty line sat at 100.0% - perfect, and ranked 1st out of 20, the best on the network. During peak hours, reliability was identical at 100.0%.
Last year
Over the last year ( to ), the Liberty line has ranked 1st out of 20 lines with 99.8% reliability, the best on the network.
How we calculate these figures Get free Liberty line delay alerts →Liberty Line Performance and Reliability Data
Detailed charts showing how the Liberty line has performed over different time periods. All reliability figures are time-weighted and exclude normal overnight closures.
Liberty line service status: last 24 hours
Every status change on the Liberty line in the past 24 hours, from Good Service through to suspensions and closures.
Liberty 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).
Liberty line monthly reliability trend
Month-by-month reliability percentage showing long-term performance patterns and seasonal trends.
Liberty 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.
Liberty line reliability by day of week
Over the last 90 days, the Liberty line has performed best on Sundays (100%) and worst on Tuesdays (99.5%).
Recent status changes
- Planned Closure —
- Good Service —
- Service Closed —
- Good Service —
- Service Closed —
- Good Service —
- Service Closed —
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 Liberty line
The Liberty line is the Overground's shortest shuffle, running Romford to Upminster and quietly doing a very useful job. Services aren't as frequent as the Tube, so timing matters, and a missed train can mean a proper wait. Check live updates so you can turn up just before it arrives, like you planned it that way.