
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, February 25, 1991                   TAG: 9102250322
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: B-5   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LONDON                                LENGTH: Short

BOMB THREAT CLOSES LONDON TRAIN STATIONS

One week after an IRA bomb killed one man and injured dozens at a London train station, all terminals in the capital and some subway stops were closed today because of a security alert, British Rail said.

British Rail spokesman Geoff Harrison-Nee said police received a telephone call this morning warning about bombs at London train stations. British Rail, which operates the above ground train network, then evacuated its stations.

All stations were closed by 7:10 a.m. (2:10 a.m. EST), Harrison-Nee said. Liverpool Street station, in London's financial district, reopened about two hours later, while police were searching the other terminals, he said.

London Underground said subway stations connecting with the closed British Rail stations were closed and would reopen with the train stations.

Thousands of commuters have faced a week of delays and disruptions caused by train and subway stations evacuations.

Since last Monday, when one man died and 40 were injured at London's Victoria station, police have reported an increase in the number of bomb hoaxes received and suspicious packages reported.

The Irish Republican Army, which is fighting to end British rule in Northern Ireland, claimed responsibility for the Victoria Station bombing and warned that officials should heed future warnings.

The Victoria bombing was preceded by a telephone call and a bomb at London's Paddington station, which injured no one.

by CNB