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A man has died after being hit by a Northern Line train ahead of this morning's rush hour.

Emergency services were called to Woodside Park station shortly after 6am on Tuesday after reports of a person on the track.

Commuters are facing rush hour delays after the Northern Line was suspended between Finchley Central and High Barnet, while services on the rest of the line are severely delayed.

Some station display boards were showing no trains for up to 20 minutes, while crowds of people were forced to wait outside stations including Clapham South.

Witnesses described seeing a "crime scene" at Woodside Park station this morning, while another said they had been woken up by emergency vehicles' sirens close to the station.

London Fire Brigade were first at the scene, with two crews from Finchley fire station and a rescue crew from Edmonton in attendance.

A British Transport Police spokesman said: "BTP officers were called to Woodside Park London Underground station just after 6am on Tuesday, May 10, following reports that a person had been struck by a train.

"Officers from BTP and the London Ambulance Service arrived on scene a short time after however regrettably a male was pronounced deceased at the scene.

"The incident is being treated as non-suspicious and a file will be prepared for the Coroner."

A Transport for London spokesman said they were working to restore a normal service on the line as quickly as possible but could not estimate how long it would take.