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‘Few Minutes’ Power Outage Disrupts London Underground In Rush Hour

Passengers at Paddington Station after London Underground services were suspended because of a power failure, 12 May, 2025.

Report from London says, the Transport for London website has shown that at least three subway lines were suspended due to a power failure and there were severe delays and partial suspensions on at least six other lines during the afternoon rush hour.

Multiple lines on the London Underground network were suspended or disrupted on Monday afternoon because of a power outage, the British capital’s transport authority said.

According to Euronews, the Transport for London website showed that at least three subway lines were suspended due to a power failure and there were severe delays and partial suspensions on at least six other lines during the afternoon rush hour.

The transport authority said it was working with the National Grid to determine the cause of the outage.

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“Due to a brief interruption of the power supply to our network, several lines lost power for a short period earlier this afternoon,” said Claire Mann, TfL’s chief operating officer in a statement.

“We are working to get the whole network up and running again as quickly as possible.”

The National Grid said there was a “fault” on its transmission network in central London and that it was “resolved within seconds.”

Earlier, a Transport for London spokesperson told the PA news agency that there was a power cut in south London “for a matter of minutes,” causing disruption in the subway network.

British media reported that many stations in central London were completely closed.

Last month, a power outage caused by a fire at an electrical substation in west London forced the closure of Heathrow Airport for almost a day, disrupting thousands of flights. — Euronews via SG

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