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Six people have been injured after a London Underground train derailed and hit a wall as it entered a station.
In the second Tube derailment in 48 hours, three carriages of a Northern Line train carrying about 200 passengers left the tracks 30 metres inside the tunnel at Camden Town station.
The station was busy with shoppers and tourists on their way to Camden's shops and markets when the incident happened at about 10.10am.
Two people were described as "seriously injured" but their condition was not thought to be life-threatening.
One person had a head injury and another had a suspected broken leg, a spokesman for London Ambulance Service said.
Another four people were described as "walking wounded".
A London Underground spokeswoman said initial reports were that one carriage of the train struck a wall as it entered the station.
"There has been a derailment of a Northern Line train on the High Barnet branch line. It appears that one carriage has struck a wall entering the station."
All the passengers were evacuated from the train and the station has been closed.
BTP received a call at 10.11am and officers were at the scene in four minutes, a spokesman said.
They were joined by firefighters and ambulances crews, who took all the injured to the Royal Free Hospital at Hampstead, north London, for treatment and tests.
Just two days ago, a Piccadilly Line train came off the tracks between Hammersmith and Barons Court stations in west London.
During that incident, passengers described hearing "a big bang" and seeing smoke and sparks in the derailment that caused travel chaos for thousands of travellers.
None of the 76 passengers on board was injured.
It emerged yesterday that a fractured rail which caused the derailment was inspected less than 24 hours before the accident, yet the problem was not spotted.
The leader of the country's biggest rail union has threatened industrial action unless maintenance contracts given to private companies earlier this year were immediately suspended in the wake of the weekend accidents.
Bob Crow, general secretary of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union, said: "If the Mayor of London, Transport Commissioner or the Government do not take action to suspend these contracts, then I shall be recommending to my executives and to the other rail unions on London Underground that we ballot to take strike action to defend the safety of our members and the travelling public."
In the second Tube derailment in 48 hours, three carriages of a Northern Line train carrying about 200 passengers left the tracks 30 metres inside the tunnel at Camden Town station.
The station was busy with shoppers and tourists on their way to Camden's shops and markets when the incident happened at about 10.10am.
Two people were described as "seriously injured" but their condition was not thought to be life-threatening.
One person had a head injury and another had a suspected broken leg, a spokesman for London Ambulance Service said.
Another four people were described as "walking wounded".
A London Underground spokeswoman said initial reports were that one carriage of the train struck a wall as it entered the station.
"There has been a derailment of a Northern Line train on the High Barnet branch line. It appears that one carriage has struck a wall entering the station."
All the passengers were evacuated from the train and the station has been closed.
BTP received a call at 10.11am and officers were at the scene in four minutes, a spokesman said.
They were joined by firefighters and ambulances crews, who took all the injured to the Royal Free Hospital at Hampstead, north London, for treatment and tests.
Just two days ago, a Piccadilly Line train came off the tracks between Hammersmith and Barons Court stations in west London.
During that incident, passengers described hearing "a big bang" and seeing smoke and sparks in the derailment that caused travel chaos for thousands of travellers.
None of the 76 passengers on board was injured.
It emerged yesterday that a fractured rail which caused the derailment was inspected less than 24 hours before the accident, yet the problem was not spotted.
The leader of the country's biggest rail union has threatened industrial action unless maintenance contracts given to private companies earlier this year were immediately suspended in the wake of the weekend accidents.
Bob Crow, general secretary of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union, said: "If the Mayor of London, Transport Commissioner or the Government do not take action to suspend these contracts, then I shall be recommending to my executives and to the other rail unions on London Underground that we ballot to take strike action to defend the safety of our members and the travelling public."
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