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London Underground (Fires)

Volume 136: debated on Tuesday 5 July 1988

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he will publish a list of all fires reported on the London Underground in each of the last five years showing (a) the date, (b) the line, (c) the duration, and (d) the cost of damage in each.

[pursuant to his reply, 29 June 1988,c. 281]: The following table was omitted.

DateLocationLines AffectedDuration
HoursMinutes
1984
5 JuneAt Lambeth NorthBakerloo
23 NovemberAt Oxford CircusVictoria, Bakerloo, Central3
1985
15 JanuaryNear Holland ParkCentral2
21 JanuaryAt Mansion HouseDistrict and Circle40
25 JanuaryAt Green ParkPiccadilly, Victoria, Jubilee55
26 JanuaryNear South WimbledonNorthern120
31 MayAt Manor HousePiccadilly204
14 JulyBetween Bank and AngelNorthern226
21 SeptemberAt AlpertonPiccadillly35
4 OctoberAt Hyde Park CornerPiccadily17
24 NovemberAt Warwick AvenueBakerloo
2 DecemberAt Seven SistersVictoria119
23 DecemberAt HolbornPiccadilly, Central
1986
20 MarchAt Mornington CrescentNorthern53
8 MayAt VictoriaVictoria, District and Circle107
18 JuneBetween Tottenham Court Road and HolbornCentral413
1 JulyAt Victoria
2 JulyNear ColindaleNorthern20
4 JulyAt Sloane SquareDistrict and Circle155
6 JulyAt Euston
20 JulyNear Theydon BoisCentral243
1 OctoberAt KenningtonNorthern44
5 OctoberAt London BridgeNorthern22