Power outage disrupts London’s subway network

Passengers at Paddington Station in London, Monday, May 12, 2025, after London Underground companies had been suspended due to energy failures (AP photograph)

LONDON: Multiple strains on the London Underground network had been suspended or disrupted Monday due to an influence outage, the British capital’s transport authority mentioned. The Transport for London web site confirmed that at the very least three subway strains had been suspended attributable to an influence failure, and there have been extreme delays and partial suspensions on at the very least six different strains throughout the Monday afternoon rush hour. The transport authority mentioned it was working with the National Grid to find out the reason for the outage. “Due to a brief interruption of the power supply to our network, several lines lost power for a short period earlier this afternoon,” mentioned Claire Mann, TfL’s chief working officer in an announcement. “We are working to get the whole network up and running again as quickly as possible,” she added. The National Grid mentioned there was a “fault” on its transmission network in central London and that it was “resolved within seconds.” Earlier, a Transport for London spokesperson advised the PA information company that there was an influence minimize in south London “for a matter of minutes,” inflicting disruption within the subway network. British media reported that many stations in central London had been fully closed. Last month, an influence outage brought on by a hearth at {an electrical} substation in west London compelled the closure of Heathrow Airport for nearly a day, disrupting 1000’s of flights. The authorities ordered an investigation into the nation’s “energy resilience” after the fireplace, which raised issues concerning the UK’s means to face up to disasters or assaults on important infrastructure.