Tottenham Court Road Tube station was evacuated this morning after a woman was hit by a train.
Emergency services were called and the Tube station was closed at around 8.40am after the woman was hit by a Central line train.
Transport for London confirmed the Central line was suspended eastbound between Marble Arch and Liverpool Street.
The line reopened at 9.40 and Tottenham Court Road station was reopened to passengers 10 minutes later.
A TfL spokesperson said: “The station was closed this morning with a person under a train. The incident is being resumed as non-suspicious”.
Paramedics treated the woman at the station before she was rushed to hospital, police said.
Images on social media show the station surrounded by police vehicles, ambulances and fire engines.
Witnesses said the street was jammed, but under control.
Nick Colantonio, 33, who works in the travel industry, told the Evening Standard: “I was walking from Holborn to Oxford Street and I saw several ambulances, police and firefighters.
“The junction between Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street was jammed but the situation was under control.”
A British Transport Police spokesman said: “British Transport Police were called to Tottenham Court Road London Underground station following reports of a person struck by a train.
“The call came into police at 8.35am. Officers attended alongside paramedics.
“A woman has been taken to hospital with injuries.”
