London Bridge station was evacuated and closed on Saturday evening after a fire alert, with passengers told their tickets would be accepted on London buses.
Members of the public were evacuated from the building during the incident at around 5.30pm. Transport for London announced the closure on social media, saying: “London Bridge station – This station is closed while we respond to a fire alert. Tickets will be accepted on London Buses.”
Pictures from the scene showed a crowd of people gathered outside the entrance of the Tube station while TfL staff looked into the incident.
The station has since reopened. TfL announced shortly after the closure: “London Bridge station – the station has now re-opened.”
No cause for the alert has been confirmed, and there is no report of a fire or of anyone being hurt. The Independent said it had contacted British Transport Police for comment.
London Bridge is one of the capital’s busiest stations, with more than 53 million entries a year, according to Office for Rail and Road figures for 2024-25. It is the capital’s oldest railway station, having opened in December 1836, and was rebuilt as part of a £1 billion development between 2013 and 2018. The station, on Tooley Street and St Thomas Street, serves both trains and Tube lines.
The closure came on a weekend of disruption across south London’s railways. Southern trains were disrupted in Croydon on Sunday, while buses replaced trains on the Hayes line.
