Tube latest: Power outage hits London Underground – as multiple lines suspended and stations closed
Key points
- Power outage hits London UndergroundSuspensions and delays caused by ‘National Grid issue’List of stations closedTransport for London: ‘We can’t say when it will be fixed’Live reporting by Narbeh Minassian
16:13:48 Passengers turned away since 2.30pm
The power outage hit the Tube at around 2.30pm, with passengers turned away from Elizabeth line services since then.
Alison Hendry, 33, and Joseph Richardson, 37, were among them, having taken the Heathrow Express to Paddington after flying in from Glasgow earlier today.
Alison said: “It’s a bit annoying they only told us when we got here.
“We walked all the way across the station, we have to go all the way back.”
The pair hope to reach Walthamstow in time for a comedy show tonight.
16:03:57 Transport for London’s website down
It seems the Transport for London’s website is also dealing with intermittent issues.
When trying to access their page providing status updates on the affected lines, we were met with this message…
15:59:09 Several stations closed
Multiple London Underground stations have been closed due to the power outage caused by a “National Grid issue”.
Here are the stations that have been closed, according to the Transport for London Access account on X…
- Marble ArchHolbornTottenham Court RoadPutney BridgeEmbankment South Kensington Covent Garden
Charing Cross was also closed, but has recently reopened.
15:57:51 TfL: ‘We can’t say when it will be fixed’
TfL officials have been seen directing passengers away from Elizabeth line services at Paddington station.
The Bakerloo line entrance is completely shut at the station – and TfL does not know when the issue will be fixed.
A spokesman said: “It was a power outage. The lights just went off, we don’t know anything else.
“It’s been about an hour-and-a-half now. We can’t say when it will be fixed.”
15:49:23 Suspensions and delays caused by ‘National Grid issue’
The suspensions and delays hitting the London Underground have been caused by a “National Grid issue”.
Transport for London said there was an outage in southwest London for “a matter of minutes” and “everything shut down” due to the problem.
“When the power goes out the trains will have stopped, obviously, there’s emergency power on trains and stations so everything wouldn’t have gone completely black, if you were on there, but the trains would have stopped and we would have cleared some stations because there’s no electricity it might not necessarily be safe for them to be open … some people would have probably been stuck in a tunnel for a little bit of time,” the spokesman said.
TfL is in the process of “getting things back up and running again”, he said.
15:46:07 London Underground hit by power outage
A power outage has hit the London Underground, causing major travel disruption in the capital.
The website of Transport for London (TfL) showed the entire Bakerloo and Suffragette lines were suspended while there were severe delays and part suspensions on the Elizabeth line and the Jubilee and Northern lines.
Multiple stations are closed as part of the disruption.
According to the TfL website, the following lines are impacted:
- Bakerloo – suspendedElizabeth line – part suspended/severe delaysJubilee – part suspendedSuffragette – suspendedWaterloo & City – suspendedWeaver – suspendedNorthern – minor delaysPiccadilly – minor delays
The status of each line appears to be quickly changing – we’ll have the latest here.