Due to the Blackout, Trolley Bus, and Tram Lines were Cut Off. Eyewitnesses said Traffic Lights were Out in Central Moscow, causing Traffic Jams and Delays. However, Airports and Railway Stations, with the Exception of Paveletsky Station, were Reportedly Operating Normally.
Traffic Lights at most Intersections have been Switched to Manual Mode, Moscow’s Traffic Police said that means Traffic at Affected Intersections will be Directed by Officers rather than Signals. The Department said No additional Personnel would be Deployed to Manage Traffic.
Train Service on the Moscow Metro was also Disrupted. Forty-three Trains were Halted in Tunnels, Stranding an estimated 20,000 Passengers, according to Preliminary Reports.
Service was Temporarily Suspended on the Zamoskvoretskaya, Kahovskaya, Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya, Butovskaya, Tulskaya, Lyublinskaya, and Perovskaya Lines. Trains Stopped Running from Pushkinskaya Station toward Taganskaya, although they continued Operating Toward Barrikadnaya. From Tverskaya Station, Trains were Halted in both Directions. Updated Information confirmed Power Outages from Serpukhovskaya to Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo.
Svetlana Tsaryova, Head of the Moscow Metro’s Press Office, told RBC that Five Lines had Lost Power, due to a Failure at the Mosenergo Power Center. There was No Electricity between Bitsevsky Park and Kaluzhskaya, from Shabolovskaya to Kitay-Gorod, and from Paveletskaya to Krasnogvardeyskaya. All Stations in these Sections were Closed to Entry and Functioning only for Exit.
Emergency Crews were Evacuating Passengers from the Stalled Trains. Tsaryova said She could Not say when Service would be Restored, Noting the Issue Fell under the Responsibility of Mosenergo, which had Failed to Supply Current from the Power Center. Eyewitnesses Reported Widespread Power Loss, and Lack of Lighting in Stations and Ttransfer Corridors. Escalators were also Out-of-Service.
Initial Reports said Power Outages in Southern Moscow had Disrupted Water Supply, with several Pumping Stations left without Electricity, City Emergency Services told RBC.
The Blackout did Not affect the Operations of the Russian Military. A Defense Ministry Source said Routine Combat Training and Readiness Duties continued as Planned. Backup Power systems had been Activated at some Military Sites. Power was also partially Cut in Moscow, Tula, Ryazan, and Kaluga Oblasts.
The Outage was reportedly caused by a Failure in the Central Energy system of Unified Energy System of Russia (RAO UES), at the Chagino Substation. Other Reports blamed the Incident on a Substation Malfunction in the Kapotnya area. RAO UES told RBC Restoration Efforts were Underway. The Energy Company said more Details would be provided Later.
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