Evening Standard
· collected 2026-09-10 · by Tom Place and Michael Howie
A person died on the tracks this morning in the Hayes area after British Transport Police were called to reports of a casualty at 5:10am. The incident caused severe delays on the Elizabeth line between Heathrow/Reading and Paddington. Meanwhile, a collapsed drain at Baker Street has led to part-suspensions and severe delays on the Circle, Metropolitan, and Hammersmith & City lines. The disruptions have also affected other services, including Tramlink and Southern trains.
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Commuters in London are facing significant disruption after a collapsed drain at Baker Street caused major problems for several Tube lines. The Circle line, Metropolitan, and Hammersmith & City lines have been part-suspended, with severe delays expected until around 1pm. This is causing issues for passengers on these lines, as well as those using the Elizabeth line, which had earlier experienced severe delays due to a death on the tracks in the Hayes area. British Transport Police and paramedics were called at 5:10am after reports of a casualty on the tracks, and the person was pronounced dead at the scene. Enquiries into the circumstances leading up to the death are ongoing. The collapse of the drain has also impacted services for hours, with multiple lines affected and tickets being accepted on London Buses and Southern Railway.
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Commuters are facing major disruption on the Tube this afternoon after a drain collapsed at Baker Street.
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The Circle line, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines are all part-suspended and have severe delays due to the infrastructure damage this morning, that has already impacted services for hours.
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British Transport Police and paramedics were called at 5.10am to reports of a casualty on the tracks and a person was pronounced dead at the scene.
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BTP said enquiries into the circumstances leading up to the death are ongoing.
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Tickets are being accepted on London Buses and Southern Railway.
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The issue has also resulted in a part suspensions on he Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate, with severe delays on the rest of the line.
Meanwhile, there are also minor delays between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 on the Elizabeth line.
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Person dies on tracks this morning
The British Transport Police (BTP) has confirmed that a person died on the tracks earlier this morning.
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The incident, which had previously been described as a “customer incident” has resulted in severe delays this morning.
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A BTP spokesperson said: “We were called at around 5.10am this morning (10 September) to reports of a casualty on the tracks in the Hayes area.
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“Officers responded with paramedics, however, sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene.
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“Enquiries into the circumstances leading up to their death are ongoing."
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Disruption between London Bridge and Norwood Junction
A safety inspection of the track between in the Honor Oak Park area means that trains are having to run at a reduced speed on some lines between London Bridge and Norwood Junction.
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Some rains running to and from these stations may be cancelled or delayed, with disruption expected until around 1pm.
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This is affecting Southern trains between London Bridge and West Croydon, Epsom, Crowborough, Uckfield, and Caterham, as well as Thameslink services between Peterborough and Horsham, between Cambridge, Bedford and Brighton, and also between Bedford, London Bridge and Three Bridges
Circle line update
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The Circle line has now partially reopened.
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There is still no service between Edgware Road and Euston Square, and there are severe delays on the rest of the line while TfL fix the collapsed drain on the track at Baker Street.
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Tickets are being accepted on London Buses, the Mildmay line, DLR and C2C.
Delays between Purley and Gatwick
A safety inspection of the track in the Earlswood area is causing disruption, meaning trains running between Purley and Gatwick Airport may be delayed.
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The disruption is expected until around 11:30am.
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It is affecting Gatwick Express services, as well as a number of Southern and Thameslink trains.
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The Circle line remains suspended this morning while TfL fix the collapsed drain on the track at Baker Street.
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The issue has also caused part suspensions on the Hammersmith & City line between Edgware Road and Euston Square, and on the Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate, with severe delays on the rest of those lines.
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The Central line is dealing with some minor delays due to train cancellations this morning.
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This is affecting the line between North Acton and Ealing Broadway & West Ruislip, and between Leytonstone and Epping &Hainault via Newbury Park.
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Elizabeth line reopens
The Elizabeth line has reopened between Paddington and Heathrow Airport & Reading; albeit with severe delays, following the earlier customer incident and the late finish of engineering work at Westbourne Park.
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Due to the ongoing disruption, tickets are being accepted on London Underground, Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, Chiltern Railway, DLR, Southeastern and Thameslink.
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