US EditionLondon Underground stations shut and lines suspended as power cut hits the Tube
- A major power outage on 2025-05-12 caused widespread suspensions and delays across several London Underground lines and the Elizabeth line, mainly in south-west London.
- The outage occurred around 14:30 BST due to a National Grid issue at an electricity substation, with reports noting a brief power cut lasting minutes.
- The Bakerloo, Waterloo and City, Jubilee, Northern, and Elizabeth lines were partly or fully suspended, while the Overground's Suffragette line was halted due to a separate fire alert.
- A TfL spokesman said the outage caused 'everything shut down' and confirmed emergency power prevented total blackouts, but trains stopped and stations like Waterloo faced severe disruption.
- Power was restored by around 3pm, but ongoing delays and service suspensions continued into the afternoon, significantly impacting travel for a large number of commuters across London with no definite time for normal operations to resume.
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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 …
The outage started around 2:30 PM local time. By mid-evening, the problems were still not resolved.
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…
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