London Underground stations shut and lines suspended as power cut hits the Tube

Power Outage Disrupts London’s Subway Network During Afternoon Rush

LONDON—Multiple lines on the London Underground network were suspended or disrupted Monday because of a power outage, the British capital’s transport authority said. The Transport for London website showed at least three subway lines were suspended and there were severe delays and partial suspensions on at least six other lines during the afternoon rush. By 11 p.m., service had mostly recovered with only one line experiencing severe delays. The …

London’s transport network disrupted by power outage

Thousands of passengers affected as several train lines were delayed or suspended on Monday afternoon

The outage started around 2:30 PM local time. By mid-evening, the problems were still not resolved.

Cable fault causes London Underground chaos and fire

A cable fault has caused travel disruption and a fire in London.

On Monday, an electrical failure collapsed much of London’s transport system, resulting in scenes of confusion, closed stations and trains stopped for hours. What in technical terms was described as a “blip”, a sudden and brief drop in voltage, had large-scale consequences, revealing the fragility of this critical infrastructure of the British capital. The incident began shortly after 2.30 p.m., when there was a disruption of power supply in cen…

Power failure: Fire at substation disrupts key Underground services

London Underground services have been suspended after a fire at an electrical substation. The Elizabeth, Bakerloo, Jubilee and Northern lines, as well as the...