Liberal Democrats call on Government to “futureproof” infrastructure following reports of Underground failures

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Responding to the news of major disruption across the London Underground network caused by a power failure, the Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesperson Paul Kohler has said:

“These reports of disruption across the Underground are deeply concerning. Millions of passengers a day rely on the Underground and this will no doubt cause chaos for many Londoners.

“Coming so soon after the recent power outage that closed Heathrow a review of all our critical transport power supply is clearly over due. The Government  must urgently futureproof our ageing infrastructure to ensure this doesn’t keep happening and invest in a safe and reliable transport system everyone can use.”

ENDS