The Metropolitan line was partly suspended this morning after a casualty on the tracks was reported. The suspension has now been lifted, but there are now severe delays just between Aldgate and Uxbridge, and minor delays on the rest of the line.
Transport for London confirmed the partial suspension shortly before 9am on Monday 9 November. The live service update began at 8.46am, after reports of a casualty on the tracks.
British Transport Police said officers were called at around 8.30am to reports of a casualty on the tracks at Northwick Park Underground station. Officers responded with paramedics, and a person was taken to hospital with non life-threatening or life-changing injuries. The incident is not being treated as suspicious.
There was no service between Wembley Park and Uxbridge, Watford, Chesham and Amersham while emergency services dealt with a casualty on the track. Severe delays then spread across the entire Metropolitan line. Tickets are being accepted on London buses, the Lioness line, London Northwestern Railway and Thameslink. Passengers are advised to check before they travel and allow extra time for their journey.
The Metropolitan line runs from Aldgate and Baker Street in central London out to Amersham, Chesham, Uxbridge and Watford, and is one of the busiest routes on the Underground. The line is the oldest on the network, first opened in 1863.
The suspension comes on a difficult morning for London travellers. Thick fog has already caused disruption across the capital, with a yellow weather warning in place until 11am — the warning, issued by the Met Office, covers Greater London — and the M40 southbound was shut near the M25 earlier this morning after a crash involving four vehicles, and has since reopened.
Tube strikes are also planned later this month, with the first walkout due on Thursday 26 November.
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