Home Department written question – answered at on 10 October 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long it took the emergency services to reach each of the underground trains attacked on 7 July; and how long it took to reach the bus that was attacked.
The following table is drawn from information provided by the Metropolitan Police, London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service. The times given are those at which the control room was first notified and when the first crews were officially recorded as arriving at the locations to which they were mobilised. This may not have been the trains themselves as a number were deep underground. As three of the scenes were at stations, British Transport Police Officers were often already on the scene. Additionally many police officers who were near the scenes self deployed to assist.
Metropolitan/City of London Police | London Ambulance Service | London Fire Brigade | ||||
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Notification | Arrival | Notification | Arrival | Notification | Arrival | |
Aldgate Tube Station | 08.51 | 08.59 | 08.51 | 09.03 | 08.56 | 09.00 |
Edgware Road Tube Station | 09.08 | 09.22 | 09.02 | 09.09 | 08.58 | 09.04 |
Kings Cross/Russell Square Tube Station | 08.56 | 09.07 | 09.04 | 09.14 | 09.02 | 09.07 |
Tavistock Square Bus | 09.47 | (59)— | 09.48 | 09.58 | 09.47 | (60)09.54 |
(59)Officers already on scene
(60)Approximately
Yes2 people think so
No0 people think not
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