Two people were injured when a train crashed through buffers at Enfield Town station in north London during rush hour on Tuesday morning. The London Overground train derailed after hitting the end of the line, with around 50 passengers evacuated from the carriages.
Emergency services, including the London Ambulance Service and British Transport Police, attended the scene. Two individuals, including the train driver, were treated for minor injuries but were not taken to hospital. The driver was breathalysed as a routine measure and tested negative for alcohol.
Station commander Jim O'Neill of the London Fire Brigade said the train had hit the buffers and gone over the top of them. Firefighters conducted a systematic search of the train to ensure no one else was on board. A recovery operation is now underway.
Transport for London confirmed the train was travelling at low speed when the incident occurred. Social media images showed the train upright but off the tracks, stopping just short of a station building. Gary Spencer, a worker at a nearby postal sorting office, noted that dozens of emergency vehicles were present and expressed surprise that a train had failed to stop at the line's end.
The Office of Rail and Road has sent two safety inspectors to the scene to investigate the circumstances of the crash.
