A tube worker was stabbed in the face this morning in an attack in a booking hall.
Police were called to Lancaster Gate Underground station shortly after 10.30am, where they found the victim and arrested a 40-year-old man.
A British Transport Police spokesman said: “Our officers were called to the booking hall at Lancaster Gate London Underground station at 10.40am on Friday, 23 January. A member of station staff had been stabbed in the face.
“Colleagues from Metropolitan Police Service and London Ambulance Service also attended, and the station was closed. A 40-year-old man was arrested at the station, and the member of staff has been taken to hospital."
“The station re-opened shortly before 12.15pm.”
The London Ambulance Service said they were called to reports of an assault at the station and treated a man "reported to be in his 30s".
