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Major Power Outage Disrupts UK Rail Lines
A significant electricity supply failure at one of National Rail's communications centers has caused widespread disruption across UK rail lines.
7 Aug, 08:14 — 7 Aug, 12:30
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BBCHigh6d ago
How a 90-second power outage sparked chaos for rail commuters
The incident raised questions about how a disrupted power supply can have such a widespread impact.
Read full article →The IndependentMostly Factual6d ago
Mapped: All the UK rail lines disrupted by major power outage
National Rail has confirmed the chaos is due to an electricity supply failure at one of its communications centres
By Albert Toth
Read full article →Coverage Timeline
First report: The Independent · 7 Aug, 08:14|Full coverage: 2 · 4h|Window: 4h
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