Tube driver suspended after arrest for ‘being drunk at the controls of a Jubilee line train’
A Tube driver has been suspended from duty after he was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in charge of a train, it has emerged.
The 50-year-old London Underground worker had been at the controls of a northbound Jubilee line train when he was arrested on Saturday afternoon.
According to sources, the man failed to stop the train to take his break and allow a replacement driver board at Wembley Park, it is reported.
When he got off the train several stops later, a colleague allegedly smelled alcohol on this breath and police were called, the Evening Standard reports.
It is claimed he was arrested after refusing to give a breath sample. The driver has since been suspended from duty while the matter is investigated.
A British Transport Police (BTP) spokeswoman said: ‘I can confirm that officers were called to Queensbury London Underground (LU) station shortly after 3pm on Saturday, 22 March.
‘A 50-year-old man has been arrested under the Transport and Works Act and has been released on police bail until Wednesday, 2 April pending further enquiries.’
A TfL spokesman added: ‘On Saturday afternoon a train operator was relieved from duty after concerns were raised about his conduct.
‘The train operator was subsequently taken into custody by British Transport Police. The member of staff is suspended while investigations by ourselves and the BTP are continuing.’
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