Thousands of passengers were trapped in Tube tunnels for hours on Wednesday after a power cut resulted in a blackout at the height of rush hour.
The entire Jubilee line was shut down by a massive power failure which left the trains stranded- each carrying up to 700 people - in tunnels for up to three hours.
Passenger Mike Dowling was on the Jubilee line at around 6pm when the line lost power.
"We were on the tube for 3 hours before we were taken off by TFL. The poor driver kept on apologising, nobody(sic) contacted him at all for those 3 hours and we were barely 300m out of Green Park station," he said.
"No aplogy as we left, no where to claim a refund for our tickets and time."
A Transport for London spokesman says around 5,000 people were stuck on nine services across the Jubilee Line.
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No customers needed medical attention.
The Finchley Road to Stanmore service resumed at 8.40pm.
Were you stuck on the Jubilee Line? Tell us about it in the comments section below or email the newsdesk.
[bold]As a Calcuttan I thought that this kind of situation could happen only here in Calcutta. I do not have any dream of travelling in Europe and US. But I do have for London and its people and administration. Now you have disappointed me.[/bold]
As a Calcuttan I thought that this kind of situation could happen only here in Calcutta. I do not have any dream of travelling in Europe and US. But I do have for London and its people and administration. Now you have disappointed me.
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