The London transport network was disrupted due to power outages

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The underground transport network in London was greatly disrupted on Monday afternoon, after a “error” on the electricity network, which led to a reduction in energy, which confirms the national infrastructure in Britain.

Thousands of passengers were affected in the capital, where many tube lines, including the jubilee and Waterloo & City, were delayed during the peak hour on Monday afternoon.

This interruption comes less than two months after a fire at a sub -station in Hayes, west of London, which led to the closure of Heathrow Airport for one day, which led to an audit of the elasticity of transportation centers in Britain.

Claire Man, CEO of Operations Transfer to LondonShe said several lines that lost energy due to “a brief interruption of the energy source of our network.” London rail services in London Over Grand and Elizabeth were also disrupted.

One person who is familiar with this issue said that short electrical power outages caused severe turmoil because many TFL information systems are advancing aging and collapse if they are not closed properly.

They added that the signals systems are not designed to be turned off, so you need to test them before restarting trains.

National GRID, the FTSE 100 company, which owns the high -voltage electricity network in England and Wales, said on Monday afternoon that an unspecified error on its network was resolved “within seconds.”

He added that the error “did not cut off the offer from our network, but the resulting voltage may have briefly affected the energy supply on the low voltage distribution network in the region.”

UK Power Networks, which runs the distribution networks in London, said it has returned the offer to customers including TFL in “less than a minute” and provided more help.

TFL was still reporting severe delays on Bakerloo and District lines and Overground service Monday evening, according to its website.

The National Network said that the cable error caused a small fire that contains a sub -station in Aberdeen Bliss, northwest of London, which was controlled by firefighters.

“We apologize for any inconvenience and disrupting continuous travel,” he added.