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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Tube union threatens strike unless e-bikes are banned from London Underground after platform blaze

A union has called for e-bikes to be banned from the London Underground after one exploded on a Tube station platform.

The incident at Rayners Lane station sent toxic fumes billowing across the station and caused temporary disruption to the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines.

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