There has been an incident at Harrow on the Hill station this evening leading to an evacuation.
National Rail tweeted: “INFO: #HarrowontheHill – Trains are unable to call at Harrow-on-the-Hill while the emergency services deal with an incident. This is expected to continue until 20:00.”
As of 7:00pm the station reopened to the public after British Transport Police (BTP) attended the scene.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 6.31pm on Thursday 1 August to reports of an incident in Station Approach, Harrow.
“We sent resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer and London’s Air Ambulance.
“Our crews treated a patient at the scene, before taking them to hospital.”
A spokesperson for BTP said, “Officers were called to Harrow on the Hill underground station at around 6.34pm yesterday (1 August) following reports of a casualty on the tracks.
“Paramedics also attended and a person was taken to a place of safety. The incident is not being treated as suspicious.”
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