A power cut in London has caused major disruption to the city’s underground network and Elizabeth line. The power cut took place in south-west London on Monday. It leaves multiple lines suspended and causes trouble with transport in London.
The Bakerloo line is currently suspended, and there are delays on Elizabeth. District, Circle, Jubilee, and Piccadilly lines. Transport for London (TFL) declared that a brief outage, lasting for only a few minutes, caused potential system-wide impacts because of what is believed to be a “National Grid Issue”.
The authority confirmed that the issue was caused by a power cut that took place at about 14:30 BST. The authority added that as a result, Bakerloo and the Suffragette lines are temporarily suspended.
The TFL spokesperson also said that when the power goes out, the trains will stop. There is emergency power to trains as well as to stations, so everything wouldn’t go completely black. The spokesperson also confirmed that the trains would have stopped and they have cleared some stations because, without electricity, it might not be safer to be in the stations.
The TFL’s chief operating officer apologised to the customers by saying they are working to get the entire network up and running and the trains operational as soon as possible.
Further, the entire Suffragette line in London is suspended because of a fire alert.
Michele, a 71-year-old passenger, confessed that she had been sent from station to station while trying to reach Uxbridge. She said to BBC London that it’s just a shame that the staff were not kept up to date with the passengers about which stations are open.
Justine, 53, and Benny, 20, had travelled to London from Warwickshire Town to renew the Latter’s passport. They expressed their frustration at being unable to take a comfortable journey to Marylebone station.
Justine said that it would going to be annoying, and she was in doubt how to get her home safely. She added that they couldn’t renew the passport on that day.
National Grid said that the problems were a result of a defect on its transmission network in central London.
Separately, a Network Rail spokesperson said that an extremely heavy downpour caused problems with the drainage system. This led to a power cut on various platforms. Despite of Northern line issue, no trains were completely cancelled due to weather-related issues, according to the Network Rail spokesperson.