Bakerloo line train fire
 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...fire-oxford-ci
rcus-causes-evacuation/

Equipment failure or some tunnel rubbish caught in one of the shoes perhaps
that caught fire?

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Spud

Bakerloo line train fire
 

wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...fire-oxford-ci
rcus-causes-evacuation/

Equipment failure or some tunnel rubbish caught in one of the shoes perhaps
that caught fire?

Nigel Holness, London Underground's director of network operations, said:
"The cause of the smoke was an electrical fault under one of the carriages,
which resulted in a small fire that was quickly extinguished."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40897094

Let's hope it's not a generic fault with the elderly 1972TS that
necessitates the whole fleet being withdrawn for inspections!

Bakerloo line train fire
 

On 2017\08\11 17:09, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...fire-oxford-ci
rcus-causes-evacuation/

Equipment failure or some tunnel rubbish caught in one of the shoes perhaps
that caught fire?

Nigel Holness, London Underground's director of network operations, said:
"The cause of the smoke was an electrical fault under one of the carriages,
which resulted in a small fire that was quickly extinguished."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40897094

Let's hope it's not a generic fault with the elderly 1972TS that
necessitates the whole fleet being withdrawn for inspections!


A Bakerloo closure in August when Waterloo is already half-shut is
perhaps the least damaging Tube closure you can have.