Trains were held up at Woolwich Dockyard station last night (September 21) after a man was found laying on the tracks.

British Transport Police were called to the station at 9pm.

A spokesman said: "Our officers attended with colleagues from the Met Police and London Ambulance Service.

"A 54-year-old man was helped from the tracks and taken to hospital where he is in a stable condition."

A spokesman for the London Ambulance Service said the man had suffered minor injuries.

He said: β€œHe was taken as a priority to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich.”