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A person has been hit by a train closing lines and disrupting early-morning services in and and out of London Charing Cross.
The incident happened on the Southeastern line between Lewisham and Hayes. Emergency services are at the scene.
National Rail is reporting that lines are currently closed.
On the London Underground, the Metropolitan line was reporting no service between Wembley Park and Aldgate due to a faulty train at Finchley Road.
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There are minor delays on the Mildmay line due to unavailability of staff.
Minor delays between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge due to an earlier faulty train at Finchley Road.
There is a good service on the rest of the line.
The IFS Cloud Cable Car is currently providing a good service.
The Waterloo and City line resumes service but commuters should anticipate minor delays.
A member of train crew being unavailable between Stafford and Crewe means that fewer London Northwestern Railway trains are able to run. As a result, some trains running through these stations may be cancelled.
Between London Euston / Stafford and Crewe
A colleague was among the many passengers affected this morning after all services to and from Charing Cross were cancelled due to an earlier incident on the line.
The Standard’s Elliot Wagland said: “I was on the train this morning as it got cancelled.”
With trains suspended, travellers were forced to switch to alternative routes across the bus, DLR and Tube networks.
Services have since begun to recover, but delays and revisions are still expected.
All lines have now reopened after a person was hit by a train between Lewisham and Hayes (Kent) earlier this morning.
Although emergency services have left the area, services between Lewisham and Hayes may still be subject to cancellations or alterations.
There is no service on the Waterloo and City line while TfL fix a track fault at Waterloo.
There are delays on approach with westbound traffic on Brownhill Road tailing back towards Laleham Road and northbound traffic on Catford Hill tailing back to Woolstone Road.
Northbound traffic on Bromley Road with traffic tailing back to Bargery Road.
Additional delays on all approaches to the Catford Gyratory.
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