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| Power cut hits Soho shops and closes Oxford Circus Tube Station | |
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| Parts of Soho have been left without electricity after a power cut, closing shops and restaurants. | |
| The electricity went off just before 13:00 GMT, closing Oxford Circus Tube Station. | |
| UK Power Networks, which runs the local grid, said the majority of customers had now had their power restored but engineers were still at work. | |
| About 137 properties were affected by the power cut, BBC London understands. | |
| Trains were not stopping at Oxford Circus, for more than two-and-a-half hours, because it lost power to escalators and communications. | |
| 'Trading again' | |
| Hundreds of people took to Twitter to voice displeasure. | Hundreds of people took to Twitter to voice displeasure. |
| One user wrote: "Power cut in Soho, London. Spooky walking through it and seeing shops closed in the afternoon." | One user wrote: "Power cut in Soho, London. Spooky walking through it and seeing shops closed in the afternoon." |
| Another added: "Oxford Circus station is closed. Of much greater concern, all the pubs are shut." | Another added: "Oxford Circus station is closed. Of much greater concern, all the pubs are shut." |
| Colin Barrow, leader of Westminster Council, said he was "extremely concerned". | |
| New West End Company, which represents retailers in Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street, said electricity supplies had been disrupted for "just under an hour" and shops were now trading again. |