Is Victoria station open and why was it evacuated?

VICTORIA station was hit with chaos this morning as all passengers were evacuated from the station.

But what happened and is the station open now? Here's the latest.

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Is Victoria station open?

Fire engines and police vehicles arrived outside Victoria station this morning due to an emergency.

The station is now fully open and trains are running as normal.

The Victoria Line was not running between Warren Street and Brixton and there were severe delays on the rest of the line.

Transport for London said: "Victoria Line: No service between Warren Street and Brixton and Severe delays on the rest of the line while the emergency services deal with a casualty on the track, your tickets will be accepted on the buses.

"Your tickets will also be accepted on Southeastern, South Western Railway, Great Northern and Overground train services."

Why was it evacuated?

At around 7.15am the Victoria Line Twitter account posted an alert which stated that there was no service between Warren Street and Brixton while "emergency services deal with a casualty on the track".

The rest of the line was facing severe delays and tickets are also being accepted on Southeastern and South Western Railway.

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The disruption was apparently having a knock-on effect, with Tom Holland subsequently tweeting: "The Victoria Line is down & Stockwell closed due to overcrowding."

Stockwell is an interchange station between the Victoria Line and Northern Line.

A spokeswoman for London Fire Brigade said appliances had now left the scene, saying the incident had involved a woman in her 60s who had fallen on to the tracks and who had suffered an ankle injury.