London train derails

A London underground train has derailed on the same line where a train went off the track a year ago.

British Transport Police said no one was injured after the front part of a car derailed as the train approached White City station, west London, at 11.30 a.m. yesterday.

About 150 passengers were evacuated from the train, London Underground said. "The derailment was at the relatively low speed of around 15mph. As a precautionary measure, emergency services are on the scene," it said in a statement.

The incident happened on the Central Line, London's main east-west rail artery, where at least 32 people were hurt when a train derailed in 2003 at Chancery Lane station.

The line was suspended in both directions from North Acton to Marble Arch.