Any Jubilee Line Lemmings?

flump · 26 Apr 2007 at 13:49

Anyone here travel out east on the JLE?

I was on a tube just after 6 last night, westbound having just left Canary Wharf and the carriages started to fill with smoke. When we finally got to Canada Water smoke was billowing out of the tunnel.

Cue evac and bus scrummage.

Anyone know what happened? Webferret skills are letting me down...

krooton · 26 Apr 2007 at 13:50

I thought I smelt smoke at one point.

I got to CW for 18:15, no idea what happened, though there was a fire evac of London Bridge in the morning.

moid · 26 Apr 2007 at 13:51

Not sure but could just be an engine overheat?

flump · 26 Apr 2007 at 13:53

I thought it could have been brakes, but tbh the smoke was pouring in from behind the last car when we got to Canada Water. LFB were in attendance pretty quickly.

I was baffled because those tunnels are pretty much sealed concrete so what on earth could have caught fire other than the ubiquitous "fluff"?

Smelt just like a bonfire!

moid · 26 Apr 2007 at 13:56

Could be brakes or engine - those tube trains arn't the most modern machines around and those tunnels get hot!

Probably got a rat stuck under a wheel

Indy500 · 26 Apr 2007 at 15:21

This is what happens when the government lets foreign contractors (eg Bechtel) operate and maintain the system.

[TW]Fox · 26 Apr 2007 at 15:22

moid said:
Could be brakes or engine - those tube trains arn't the most modern machines around

The JLE is operated by a fleet of modern units.