Latest Metropolitan Police reports confirm more than 50 people died in four blasts near Aldgate, King’s Cross and Edgware Road stations, and on number 30 bus at Tavistock Place. A police statement claims 700 people were injured, including 22 people in a serious condition. Airport authorities said they were reviewing the situation regularly, although a Stansted spokesman said it is unlikely any airports will shut without evidence of a direct threat. No flights have been delayed or cancelled but airports are advising passengers to check flight schedules directly with airlines. Meanwhile, Gatwick Express services from Victoria station and Stansted Express services from Liverpool Street station were reinstated at 4pm yesterday. A Heathrow spokesman confirmed both Heathrow Connect and Heathrow Express rail services from Paddington had been suspended “for about an hour” yesterday morning, but are now back to their usual timetables. London Underground services on the Piccadilly line to Heathrow are operating between the airport and Hyde Park Corner station. A bus replacement service is running east from Hyde Park Corner. Passengers should allow extra time to get to and from the airport, if using this service. Tube services in central London are severely disrupted today. The Circle and Hammersmith & City lines have no services while King’s Cross station remains shut. All mainline railway stations are open, London bus services are running normally, and cross-Channel rail operator Eurostar is operating its normal timetable from Waterloo station.
Flight schedules are operating as normal at all the capital’s airports despite yesterday’s terrorist explosions in central London.
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