London Underground subway network disrupted by power outage

Multiple lines connected the London Underground web were suspended oregon disrupted connected Monday due to the fact that of a powerfulness outage, the British capital's transport authorization said.

The Transport for London website showed that astatine slightest 2 subway lines were suspended owed to a powerfulness failure, and determination were terrible delays and partial suspensions connected astatine slightest 3 different lines.

A Transport for London spokesperson told the PA quality bureau that determination was a powerfulness chopped successful southbound London "for a substance of minutes," causing disruption successful the subway network. The spokesperson, who was not named, said "everything unopen down" owed to a "National Grid issue."

British media reported that galore stations successful cardinal London were wholly closed. Waterloo presumption was among the worst-affected stations, CBS News partner BBC News reported. The Transport for London, oregon TfL, website besides appeared to beryllium having issues, arsenic immoderate question proposal pages were not loading. 

The origin oregon the grade of the disruption was not instantly clear. 

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