India, May 12 -- A widespread power failure in south-west London on Monday caused major disruption across the London Underground network, suspending multiple lines and leaving passengers stranded during the afternoon commute.

Transport for London (TfL) confirmed that a brief outage, lasting only a few minutes, triggered significant system-wide impacts due to what is believed to be a "National Grid issue." As a result, the Bakerloo and Suffragette lines were entirely suspended, while the Elizabeth, Jubilee, and Northern lines experienced severe delays and partial suspensions.

"When the power goes out, the trains will have stopped, obviously," a TfL spokesperson told the PA news agency. "There's emergency power on trains and in stations, ...