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Covid 19 coronavirus: Londoners flock to train stations to flee lockdown zone

19 Dec, 2020 11:11 PM2 minutes to read
Londoners at St Pancras railway station. Photo / Twitter: @MattdasilvaMatt

Londoners at St Pancras railway station. Photo / Twitter: @MattdasilvaMatt

NZ Herald

Londoners have been seen flooding into train stations across the city to escape new lockdown restrictions announced by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Johnson revealed on Saturday afternoon (local time) that a "Tier 4" lockdown would be imposed on millions of people across London and south-east England after scientists said a new coronavirus variant is spreading more rapidly.

The new rules, he said, would come into effect at midnight, and within that time some Londoners have scrambled to flee the lockdown zone.

There were no trains available online from several London stations including Paddington, Kings Cross and Euston just three hours after Johnson made his announcement.

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Last train out of Saigon. Queue at St Pancras as we wait to board the Leeds bound train. pic.twitter.com/cFDBDNnYFC

— Harriet Clugston (@HarrietClugston) December 19, 2020

Paddington is absolutely manic...

Well played Boris 👏 what a way to stop people spreading the virus. pic.twitter.com/OyROS1EUMy

— #McStrike 🏳️‍🌈 (@SocialistLew) December 19, 2020

NEW - London goes into Tier 4 hard lockdown due to more infectious #COVID19 strain. St. Pancras International railway station, the terminus for Eurostar services from central London to Belgium, France, and the Netherlands, is packed.pic.twitter.com/44bCmSdVV3

— Disclose.tv 🚨 (@disclosetv) December 19, 2020

Travellers at the stations were told that social distancing "will not be possible" because of the volume of people on board, and those who felt "uncomfortable" should not stay on the train.

UK journalist Harriet Clugston wrote on Twitter: "Everyone of course has suitcases. People have tried to secure social distance by placing on seats but being asked to remove them by other passengers as the train is so full."

Once the new restrictions come into effect, non-essential shops, gyms, cinemas, hairdressers and bowling alleys will close for two weeks, and people will be restricted to meeting one other person from another household in an outdoor public space.

For the rest of England, the Christmas "bubble" policy - allowing up to three households to meet over the holiday period - will be severely curtailed, applying on Christmas Day only.

- additional reporting: Daily Telegraph UK

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