A Southeastern train at Lee station was sseen with smoke emanating from a carriage this morning.
Passengers report being evacuated and the fire brigade arriving.
The train appears to be a Networker which are around 25 years old.
Train on fire at #lee we’ve been evacuated from the station #southeastern #trainfire pic.twitter.com/iqA7OHQ0uK
— Emily-Jane Tossell (@emilyvonjane) August 10, 2018
After emergency services arrived en masse the train departed without any serious damage.
Beamish
The ‘extra maintenance’ is going well.
Matthew Preston
Not only smoke, but a strong smell of burning oil. Good to hear that the train was able to move off, but it’s yet more examples of the ongoing problems with the South Eastern stock.