The Elizabeth Line was evacuated just two hours after its opening, following a £ 4 billion construction plan that had been under preparation for seven years.
Paddington Station was evacuated shortly after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, shortly after the grand opening of the new line at London Central Station.
The “fire warning” that caused the evacuation was found to be a false alarm, TfL confirmed.
“It was a fire alarm – I can confirm that the station reopened a while ago after we confirmed it was a false alarm,” a TfL spokesman told The Independent.
Paddington officials told The Independent that the signal was triggered by a person pushing an emergency button and that the closure of the station lasted only eight minutes after the evacuation.
A video posted on Twitter by Laura Bunting shows that an urgent message is being broadcast at the station, saying: “Due to a state of emergency, will all passengers leave the station immediately?”
Passengers are seen climbing escalators to leave central London.
A Transport for London (TfL) spokesman told reporters that the “fire warning” had closed the station.
Passenger Sheeran Katznelson posted a video of passengers exiting the exit of the Paddington Elizabeth Station line, with the automatic evacuation message being played through a sound system.
Another passenger said the fire department had arrived.
Railroad user Claire Smith, meanwhile, wrote on Twitter: “I can’t wait to go to London’s newest tourist attraction @Crossrail, but when we got out on Liverpool Street, they announced that our train was running out on Tottenham Court Road due to fire alarms. in Paddington.
Hundreds had gathered to unveil the new TfL line, also known as Crossrail, in Paddington this morning. The first train on the Elizabeth line leaves at 6.33 in the morning.
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