Image source: Osman Junaid via Twitter
King’s Cross St Pancras station was evacuated this morning due to dangerous overcrowding.
Commuters were ordered to vacate the station and trains were not stopping at platforms.
According to a Transport for London (TfL) spokesperson, a broken down Northern Line train was responsible for the chaos.
Also, two delayed and “very full” Intercity services arrived at the same time delivering a lot of passengers into the Tube station.
A TfL spokesman said:”It was a combination of those things all at once. We would like to apologise to any customers affected”.
The station reopened about 20 minutes after closing.
Now King’s Cross Station
Here, an evacuation
Late for work, very late#evacuationhaikupic.twitter.com/U9gbwnUCKb
— Osman Junaid (@osmanjunaid) March 8, 2016
Emergency at King’s Cross station! ? What’s going on? pic.twitter.com/D9gq0H41mb
— Elina Grave (@elinagrave27) March 8, 2016
King’s Cross emergency alarm evacuation…. #tfl #londonunderground#kingscross#london#delay#crappic.twitter.com/ScpOAadbOC
— Fiona Leung (@fionaleung) March 8, 2016
King’s Cross evacuated. Always fun.
— Hannah Chutzpah (@Hannah_Chutzpah) March 8, 2016
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