It currently 16:00 local and the evening rush hour is about to begin. According to Transport for London they expect this rush 'hour' to last until around 21:00 and for the entire network to be exceptionally busy at all other times. Apart from the ongoing problems with the Central Line the equestrian events at Greenwich Park mean that "London Bridge" overground station will be exit only between 18:00 local and 22:00 meaning that if you want to get on a train you will have to walk to either "Cannon Street", "Charing Cross" or "Blackfriars." "London Bridge" underground will also be very busy and subject to temporary closures due to over crowding.
Due to the Olympic fanzone in Hyde Park "Marble Arch" and "Hyde Park" underground stations will be exit only between 10:00 and 22:00 local so if you want to get on a train you will have to walk to either "Lancaster Gate" or "Bond Street" or "Knightsbridge" or "Green Park". There are also reports that "Bank" station and "Canary Wharf" underground stations are extremely busy, subject to temporary closures due to overcrowding and are best avoided.
15:30 on 30/7/12.
Edited at around 16:55 on 30/7/12: In an effort to demonstrate how well the London Underground (LU) was working the Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he used it to travel to work today. When journalists asked which line he used and he replied the Bakerloo everyone familiar with LU just laughed at him because it's one of the quietest lines on the network. So one of the Prime Minister's PR people had the bright idea of sending him out on LU again to watch the Tom Daley diving event using I think the Jubilee line which looked pretty empty because the Prime Minister decided to make his trip well away from peak times.
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