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Victoria Line back to normal after cement debacle

Water and cement leaked into the signal room which means no signals are working on the southern section of the line.

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Union: Concrete spill 'making a nonsense' of tube cuts plan

"We understand that a foot of concrete burst into the control room having been poured into an escalator void.

We await further information but what we do know is that LU technicians are on site now working flat out to clear up the mess and get services back on line, proving once again that its 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."

– National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers spokesperson

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