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Electric failure between King's Cross and Alexandra Palace
National Rail has warned of delays after a "failure of the electricity supply between King's Cross and Alexandra Palace".
One passenger on board a train from Alexandra Palace has told us the lights "have gone off" and they have "no clue when [they] will move again".
Which lines are affected?
Here's the latest from TfL: Bakerloo - suspended
Circle - severe delays
Elizabeth - severe delays between Paddington and Heathrow/Reading and between Whitechapel and Shenfield; minor delays elsewhere
Jubilee - severe delays
Mildmay - suspended between Highbury & Islingon and Stratford; severe delays on the rest of the line
Piccadilly - severe delays between Acton Town and Heathrow terminals/Uxbridge; minor delays on the rest of the line
Suffragette - suspended
Weaver - suspended
Metropolitan - minor delays between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Aldgate; good service elsewhere
Northern - minor delays
Waterloo & City - minor delays
That's the full list of status updates, but not all these lines are impacted directly by the power outage.
The Circle, District, Suffragette, Metropolitan and Waterloo & City lines are either delayed or suspended due to other issues.
National Grid: Fault resolved 'within seconds'
The National Grid has apologised for a fault on its transmission network in central London today.
"The fault was resolved within seconds and did not interrupt supply from our network," it added in a statement.
But a consequent "voltage dip" may have "briefly affected power supplies on the low voltage distribution network in the area", a spokesperson said.
It's believed a cable fault caused a small contained fire, which was brought under control by firefighters.
TfL has said it is still working on getting the entire network back up and running - see the post below this one.
Staff working to get 'whole network up and running', TfL says in update
We've just had this update come in from TfL chief operating officer Claire Mann.
This is her full statement:
"Due to a brief interruption of the power supply to our network, several lines lost power for a short period earlier this afternoon. We apologise to customers whose journeys will have been affected. We are working to get the whole network up and running again as quickly as possible."
Passengers packed escalators at Piccadilly Circus
At Piccadilly Circus, one passenger has told us they were stuck on their train for "quite a long time".
"No power and the doors weren't opening," one commuter told us.
She sent in the picture below, showing queues of passengers making their way up broken-down escalators.
"We were let out and told to immediately leave the station," she added.
"Lots of tourists with huge suitcases, plus elderly and disabled people having to climb all the standstill escalators as no lifts were working."
Passenger told to go to shut stations twice amid 'chaos' at Holborn
While some have been grateful for directions from TfL staff, not all of you have had positive experiences, it seems.
One of our readers has got in touch to tell us about the "absolute chaos" at Holborn, where he was told to head to nearby Covent Garden.
"Went there and they were shut," he said.
"After a 40-minute wait, they told us to go to Leicester Square. [I] got there and they were shut!
"Staff had no idea what to do or how to manage this incident."
Evacuee grateful to TfL staff after 'nightmare' journey
Vaughan Kennedy was caught up on a "baking hot" train at Waterloo when they were told to evacuate.
On a hot day in the capital, he said TfL staff did "everything possible to communicate the problem, and to ensure that people were safely evacuated".
"The ensuing bus journey was a bit of a nightmare with overcrowding, but eventually, after an hour and a half, we managed to get back home," he told us, completing what should have been a 15-minute train back.
"A big thank you to London Underground staff, whose job at times like these, must be very difficult and frustrating."
Shutters down at Waterloo
We've just had this picture sent in to us by one of our readers, showing the shutters down at Waterloo, a key station in central London.
If you have anything you want to send in to us, get in touch via the details in the post above.
Two stations reopen
Two of the Tube stations closed due to this afternoon's power outage have reopened.
Transport for London said Embankment and Putney Bridge were now open after being shut around an hour ago.
Delays on the underground services are still widely expected.
Mildmay line part suspended
In our first post at 15.46, we listed the lines affected by closures and delays.
The Mildmay line has now been added by TfL, with no service between Highbury & Islington and Straford.
There are severe delays on the rest of the line.
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