Disastrous Two Days for London's Underground

Were you among the commuters caught up in the mess of the

power failure in London’s underground this week? Thousands of passengers had to

evacuate their trains that had become stranded on the tracks in the pitch

black. Around 2,000 people had to trek through the tunnels in order to get to

safety.

On Monday the Jubilee line’s failure meant people were

forced to walk for 20 minutes through the dark tunnels in order to reach the

nearest destination. The track that failed was between St John’s Wood and Baker

Street, and was stranded for more than two hours. Three trains overall were caught

between these two stations while a fourth became stranded at Swiss Cottage and

a fifth at Westminster.

Mayor Boris Johnson has now been urged to lead an

investigation after many campaigners claimed the disaster was an “utter

disgrace”. The next day even more passengers were stuck on the Victoria line

because of a “defective” engine between Seven Sisters and Finsbury Park. London

underground managing director Mike Brown was forced to apologise for the

disastrous two days for TfL and said, “I know that having to walk along the

track through a tunnel is distressing. It is not what our customers should have

to expect and is something we always seek to avoid.”

Let us know if you were caught among the chaos and what you

think should be done so that these consistent problems on London’s underground

can be avoided in future.