Bizarrely, TFL however claims there were no delays on Overground services, directly contradicting the experiences tweeted by some commuters.

“I stood at Canonbury for twenty minutes, the sign kept reading 4mins 6mins, 4mins, 6mins, and then finally after a twenty minutes of that it was cancelled,” said Marcus, 24, from Dalston.

“The next train behind that, according to the sign was 22 minutes away, so for them to say there weren’t delays is ridiculous.”

“It’s nothing new. It seems like every time it rains the Overground is delayed. It’s like it can only run properly in normal conditions, anything other than that, and everything goes to…” he added.

Despite the obvious benefit of being underground delays were reported on Northern, Metropolitan and Jubilee lines.

Flights from Heathrow and Stanstead are as yet unaffected, with both airports operating as normal.

But for London commuters all snow means is inexplicably cancelled trained, packed tubes, and delays.

Despite a mere sprinkling of snow dusting the capital overnight – with estimates ranging from a paultry 1/8 inch to a still tiny 1/2 inch – commuters were subjected to delays and cancellations across the capital.

Commuters reported train delayed and cancelled across London’s Overground network, with ‘adverse travel conditions’ being cited as cause for the delays.

Bizarrely, TFL however claims there were no delays on Overground services, directly contradicting the experiences tweeted by some commuters.

“I stood at Canonbury for twenty minutes, the sign kept reading 4mins 6mins, 4mins, 6mins, and then finally after a twenty minutes of that it was cancelled,” said Marcus, 24, from Dalston.

“The next train behind that, according to the sign was 22 minutes away, so for them to say there weren’t delays is ridiculous.”

“It’s nothing new. It seems like every time it rains the Overground is delayed. It’s like it can only run properly in normal conditions, anything other than that, and everything goes to…” he added.

“It is difficult to understand, because there’s no visible snow on the lines or anything,” said Jennifer Crowley, a city worker from Stoke Newington.

“But I guess it’s the knock-on effect, people who work on the services can’t get in in the early morning when the snow’s at it worst, and then the delays are inevitable, and the back logs of passengers start building up.”

Despite the obvious benefit of being underground delays were reported on Northern, Metropolitan and Jubilee lines.

Flights from Heathrow and Stanstead are as yet unaffected, with both airports operating as normal.