CJG wrote:
Power Grid failure in Central London. No power. Very little tube. All
major stations in central London closed. People stuck on trains in the
dark.
So what happened to the back-up station in Greenwich? And legal
requirement to have back-up power that was talked about in posts when
it was discussed here after New York power failure?

Good question! LU's press release "Farewell Lots Road, the future is with
the Grid" on 21 Oct 2002 said "in the event of National Grid failure, Lots
Road's smaller sister station at Greenwich, equipped with quick start gas
turbines, will be used for emergency power, and SPL [Seeboard Powerlink,
LU's power supply contractor] has installed battery lighting at all stations
to provide emergency lighting." This suggests that the purpose of the
emergency supplies is just to enable the network to be quickly and safely
evacuated before the station batteries run down.

Does anyone know if trains were evacuated between stations, or did Greenwich
kick in as planned to provide enough power to move trains into stations?

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Richard J.
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