Travel chaos¹ was seen across London as four Underground lines and the Elizabeth line were suspended ahead of the Monday afternoon rush hour after a fire caused a power outage on the network.

The entire Bakerloo and Waterloo and City lines were suspended, while the Northern, Jubilee² and Elizabeth line services were all suffering from severe delays.

All of the disruption was caused by a 'contained fire' at an electrical substation in the Cunningham Place and Aberdeen Place area in Maida Vale, which fire crews had to put out.

Three metres of high-voltage cabling was said to be destroyed and hundreds of businesses south of Oxford³ Street were affected⁴.

Groups of bewildered passengers were seen standing⁵ outside at least 26 stations - including Tottenham Court Road, Covent Garden and Paddington - as Transport for London (TfL) staff cleared the platforms while the issue was dealt with.