News

May 12 (UPI) --A fire at an electrical substation disrupted train service throughout London, including the underground Tube, and forced evacuations at stations on Monday. At about 2:30 p.m. local ...
Attempts to tell Heathrow airport's sleeping chief executive that the airport had been closed because of a power outage ...
London Underground lines reopened on Tuesday morning after an electrical substation fire brought the service to a standstill. The Elizabeth, Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines – as ...
Attempts to tell Heathrow airport's sleeping chief executive that the airport had been closed because of a power outage ...
The root cause of a fire which led to the shutdown of Heathrow Airport and affected hundreds of thousands of journeys worldwide "remains unknown", an interim report says. Heathrow was closed to all ...
Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade were called out to a fire at a ... are advised to keep windows and doors shut at this time." It comes after the same electrical substation erupted into a huge ...
Is there a lesson to be learned in power system redundancy from the substation fire that led to the Heathrow Airport power ...
On May 12, 2025, a significant power outage disrupted the London Underground during the afternoon rush hour, affecting ...
HEATHROW’S boss slept through its shutdown over an electrical fire as his phone was on silent, an inquiry has found. Thomas Woldbye was tucked up in bed as senior staff were left to suspend ...
An electrical substation in St John's Wood that exploded like a 'fireball' caught fire again just two weeks later.
British media reported that many stations in central London were completely closed. Last month, a power outage caused by a fire at an electrical substation in west London forced the closure of ...
Heathrow Airport CEO Thomas Woldbye couldn't be reached until 6:45 a.m. as his phone was on silent, after a power outage caused huge disruption.