{"id":175631,"date":"2025-10-02T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/175631\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T17:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:42:09","slug":"security-incident-sparks-travel-chaos-at-euston-after-station-evacuated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/175631\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Security incident\u2019 sparks travel chaos at Euston after station evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p>Commuters travelling through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/london-euston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London Euston<\/a> face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/travel-disruption\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">travel disruption<\/a> this evening following an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/evacuation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">evacuation<\/a> of the station. <\/p>\n<p>TfL Access shared an announcement on X (Twitter), posting \u201cThis station is closed due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/security-alert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">security alert<\/a>\u201d shortly after 3pm on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Avanti West Coast added: \u201cDue to a security alert at London Euston, the station has been evacuated, and all services in and out of the station have been suspended until further notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services, including the police and London Fire Brigade, were pictured responding to the scene. <\/p>\n<p>According to National Rail, all lines reopened within 20 minutes, but cancellations and delays in and out of the station are expected to continue until 8pm. <\/p>\n<p>London Euston wrote on social media: \u201cThere\u2019s disruption at Euston this afternoon after the station was evacuated for a short period. The station has safely reopened, but passengers should check <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nationalrailenq\">@nationalrailenq<\/a> for the latest train info.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u201cBe safe, Be patient, Be kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/green-list-travel-with-simon-calder-and-the-independent\">For more travel news and advice, listen to Simon Calder\u2019s podcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-175631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}