Entire Jubilee line suspended after power failure causes travel chaos just before rush hour
The line has been out of service since Thursday morning
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Your support makes all the difference.The entire Jubilee line on the London Underground has been suspended due to a power outage.
The power failure caused trains to stop running just before 10am on Thursday 26 April, and they were still not running at the time of writing five hours later.
TfL are working to resolve the problem but could not confirm when the line would be operational again.
“We’re hoping it will be sooner rather than later, but we don’t have a specific time frame I’m afraid,” a Tfl spokesperson told The Independent.
“We apologise for the disruption caused by the power failure on the Jubilee line this morning.
“Our engineers are working to resolve this issue and to restore a normal service as quickly as possible.”
According to the TfL website, London buses, London Overground, Thameslink, DLR, C2C and Southeastern services will be accepting valid London Underground tickets via any reasonable routes in the meantime.
Some passengers were stuck on trains for hours when the power failed. Khayala Eylazova tweeted: “Stuck in the train for 1.30h in the tunnel this morning, standing on my heels, the worse experience I had London Underground even no single water [sic] when we came out finally underground as entire Jubilee line shut down due to power failure.”
However, some Londoners looked on the positive side, using it as an opportunity to try new ways of getting around the city.
“When you have to jump on the slow but beautiful thamesclipper route because the jubilee line is utterly broken. #whataview #london,” wrote Mark Corbett on Twitter.
Joe Gibbons added: “Jubilee Line suspended = Emirates cable car for free ft. great London views and Antony Gormley”.
TfL has warned that that Canary Wharf will be entry only and Heron Quays will be exit only from 4.30pm due to the Jubilee Line suspension.
It tweeted: “Please note, these stations are expected to be busier than usual so please use another route if you can.”
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