A TRAIN heading towards Finsbury Park had to be evacuated after a breakdown caused by the soaring temperatures.

More than two hundred passengers were forced to leave the Great Northern service after a power fault led to a breakdown between Drayton Park and Finsbury Park.

It took two hours before evacuation efforts commenced, with passengers trapped on board. Videos later showed passengers walking down the tracks with the Emirates Stadium behind them.

A Great Northern spokesperson said: “We are extremely sorry for the difficult and very uncomfortable conditions passengers faced when one of our services broke down yesterday.

“This happened where power switches from the third rail of the Northern City Line to the overhead lines. The safety of our passengers is our topmost priority which is why considerable efforts were made first to engage power and restart the train because the safest place for passengers is to remain on the train.

“When this was not possible, railway staff evacuated people along the track to Drayton Park station.”