Strand gas leak: Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations closed while emergency services deal with gas leak

Emergency services have put in an exclusion zone around Charing Cross

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Zosia Eyres

06:57, 23 JAN 2018
Updated07:02, 23 JAN 2018

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Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations were closed on Tuesday morning (January 23) due to a gas leak.

The leak occurred near Charing Cross station and emergency services put in an exclusion zone, which included the transport hub.

Some trains have been diverted to other London stations.

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