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miss annie · August 2012

Some nutjob trespassing on the lines, no Victoria Line from FP at the moment. Shedloads of emergency services there. Good luck all!

Siolae · August 2012

<a href="http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/finsbury_park_station_evacuated_after_teen_girl_attacks_pcso_and_runs_down_the_tracks_1_1473229">http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/finsbury_park_station_evacuated_after_teen_girl_attacks_pcso_and_runs_down_the_tracks_1_1473229</a>;

Roy · August 2012

Anyone know what is happeneing at the station this morning? I arrived at the Wells Terrace entrance only to find the barriers closed, an alarm going and a fire engine attending. Going round to Station Place, there were many more emergency vehicles (all three emergency services were attending) including a huge 'Police Emergency Response Unit' (never seen one like it before - it was about the size of a fire engine) and an unmarked estate car with a blue flashing light (what would that have been?) Obviously some kind of major incident - but strangely enough the National Rail part of the station was still open and operating normally. roy

ActionVerb · August 2012

Person under a train on the Victoria line, probably about an hour ago or so.

Roy · August 2012

Would that really provoke that level of response from the emergency services? - I thought such events were, sadly, pretty routine.

ActionVerb · August 2012

I would imagine that any emergency on the tube triggers a standard emergency services response until the details are actually confirmed, so that there’s no risk of not being able to deal with whatever’s going on if the details are sketchy. Driver pressing an emergency button on the tube automatically triggers X-number of emergency response vehicles is probably some sort of protocol. <o:p></o:p> My information is only based on announcements on the tube this morning, so not necessarily accurate, I guess. <o:p></o:p>

Arkady · August 2012

What time was this? I arrived at FP about 8:35, and it was fine.

Roy · August 2012

I arrived at the station just before 9am and it was as I describe. I guess ActionVerb may be right - if the incident on the Victoria line was actually at Finsbury Park station maybe that is the explanation.

unattachedinfant · August 2012

It must have happened just after that - I got there at 8.50 and they had already evacuated the station.

ActionVerb · August 2012

Sorry, yeah, it did apparently happen at Finsbury Park. I too must have just missed it, was at the station around 8.30, and it was fine.

Arkady · August 2012

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andy · August 2012

http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/man_dies_at_finsbury_park_station_1_1477666;

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andy · August 2012

http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/tributes_paid_to_finsbury_park_train_death_man_1_1493612;

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