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Power failures cause London Tube suspensions

By AAP Newswire

May 13, 2025

London Underground network sign — A power outage has been blamed for disruptions to the London Underground network. -AP

Power failures have caused the suspension of some of London's most used Tube lines, Transport for London says.

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There was no service on the Bakerloo line as of 3pm local time while Northern, Jubilee and Elizabeth line services were partially suspended.

A spokesman for TfL told the PA news agency there was an outage in southwest London for "a matter of minutes" and "everything shut down" because of a "National Grid issue".

None of the Overground lines were affected and TfL was in the process of "getting things back up and running again," the spokesman said.

TfL workers were seen directing passengers with suitcases away from Elizabeth line services at Paddington station, recommending they use buses to get across central London instead.

TfL staff said they did not know when the Bakerloo line entrance at Paddington would reopen.

"It was a power outage. The lights just went off, we don't know anything else," they said.

"It's been about an-hour-and-a-half now. We can't say when it will be fixed."

with PA

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press