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Large parts of England are without electricity after a power cut, UK Power Networks have said.
The problem was initially thought to affect London and the South East but has also impacted swathes of the Midlands, and the North West.
UK Power Networks tweeted on Friday evening: “We’re aware of a power cut affecting large parts of London and South East.
“We believe this is due to a failure on National Grid’s network, which is affecting our customers.”
About 10,000 people were initially affected, but engineers created a workaround which meant the majority of customers got power back quickly.
In a tweet, the company said: “The issue was on the National Transmission Network, we believe supplies should all be back up and running.”
Western Power Distribution (WMD) which supplies the Midlands, the South West and Wales, also said they have a “major incident”.
The company tweeted: “We are currently experiencing a major incident on the national electricity infrastructure. We are in the process of restoring customers now and will provide further updates as soon as possible for specific areas. We are sorry for the inconvenience this is causing.”
Train services in and out of London, including Thameslink, Southern and Gatwick Express are facing delays and cancellations because of the disruption.
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) said a number of its train had broken down between London and Stevenage, suspected to be because of the electrical supply problem.
They said services would be delayed by up to an hour until at least 8pm.
Waterloo was also affected by the outage
LNER also told customers not to travel and said any tickets for today would be valid tomorrow.
A British Transport Police (BTP) spokesman said: “We currently have BTP officers assisting at several stations owing to current disruption caused by power issues.”
Traffic lights in London have also experienced problems and the Victoria Line on the London Underground has been suspended, Transport for London confirmed.
TfL warned peopled to be cautious while driving on roads in the capital.
Rail operator Thameslink said many of its trains were “at a stand”.
A tweet said: “The power network has failed in the large parts of London and the South East. This has prevented our trains between Farringdon and Bedford from being able to take power and as a result, most of our trains are currently at a stand.”
Cheshire Police has said it is aware of an outage in the Ellesmere Port area, including Great Sutton and Little Sutton. It told people not to contact police, but to call their electricity providers.
Courtesy of Sky News
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