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| Victoria Tube line part shut hit by wet concrete flood | |
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| Part of the Victoria London Underground line has been suspended after wet concrete flooded a control room. | Part of the Victoria London Underground line has been suspended after wet concrete flooded a control room. |
| Transport for London said the mixture of concrete and water was being used to "fill voids" while upgrade work was being carried out at Victoria Station. | |
| Nigel Holness from London Underground (LU) said: "We've isolated the cause of it and we're hoping to get the service up and running as quickly as possible." | |
| The line has been suspended between Warren Street and Brixton. | The line has been suspended between Warren Street and Brixton. |
| Website Us Vs Th3m reported that about three rows of relay equipment were submerged in the concrete and published a number of pictures. | Website Us Vs Th3m reported that about three rows of relay equipment were submerged in the concrete and published a number of pictures. |
| Mr Holness said: "This afternoon our contractors were working on the new station in an area next to the Victoria line signal control room. | Mr Holness said: "This afternoon our contractors were working on the new station in an area next to the Victoria line signal control room. |
| "Our engineers are working hard to resolve the situation as soon as possible to get services back up and running, but the line is expected to be affected for the remainder of the day while repairs are carried out." | "Our engineers are working hard to resolve the situation as soon as possible to get services back up and running, but the line is expected to be affected for the remainder of the day while repairs are carried out." |
| Passengers are being advised to use the Northern and Bakerloo lines and replacement buses are running between Green Park and Brixton. | |
| The RMT union said: "LU technicians are on site now working flat out to clear up the mess and get services back on line, proving once again that it's directly employed public sector staff who are needed to deal with this kind of emergency, making a nonsense of Boris Johnson's Tube staff cuts plans." | |
| The union is set to take strike action from midday on 4 and 11 February, for 48 hours, over LU's plans to close all ticket offices with the loss of 750 jobs. | |
| The transport authority has said the closures will lead to more staff on platforms to help travellers and that the Tube would run 24 hours a day on five lines. | |
| Phil Hufton, chief operating officer, has said LU is committed to implementing changes without compulsory redundancies. |