HIGH Wycombe commuters were evacuated from London in an emergency operation following a series of terrorist attacks in the capital on Thursday.

Trains from Denham were sent to evacuate people caught up in the mayhem following four blasts.

The entire network including Metropolitan line services from Amersham and Chesham and Chiltern Railways services were suspended.

There were ten fatalities at the time of going to press.

Gavin Saunders, 38, of Tower Street, High Wycombe, was moved off the Metropolitan line when the first blast went off.

He said: "It was absolutely horrible. There were people crying on the streets. People didn't know what was going on. Everyone was on the phone and people were crowding around radios in taxis.

"People were afraid to get on buses. There were people covered in soot and a lot had blankets over them. It was chaos people couldn't get in and out of buildings. I've never seen so many people on the roads."

Anne Woods, 36, from Pitstone, Bucks, said: "I had a feeling that something wasn't quite right.

"I didn't know at the time, but as I walked down Gordon Street, one of the bombs was on a bus in the next street along, and it exploded five minutes after I passed by."

Police confirmed blasts between Russell Square and King's Cross Underground, Aldgate East and Liverpool Street Underground, at Edgware Road tube station and on a bus at Tavistock Square.

Chad Collins, High Wycombe train station manager, said fleets of buses were being sent to Denham to pick up people returning to High Wycombe.

He said: "We are advising customers not to travel any further than High Wycombe.

"Trains are travelling to London and picking people up who have decided to leave. What we are trying to do is make sure there are enough buses at Denham and High Wycombe to take people away."

An Islamist website has posted a statement purportedly from al-Qaeda claiming it was behind the attacks.

Wycombe MP Paul Goodman, who lives in London during the working week, walked to the Commons on Thursday and was in his office at 8am, before the explosions.

He described what had happened as a wicked atrocity.

He said: "Obviously the terrorists' aim is to divide people and to set them against each other. It is important that everyone remains cool-headed during the days ahead," he said.

A spokesman from Thames Valley Police said: "We are working with British Transport Police to provide reassurance to members of the public. Members of the public are urged not to attempt to travel into the city."

Buckinghamshire Hospitals' NHS Trust has to be prepared in an emergency to receive casualties if asked.

Mohamed Zafar, chairman of the Mosque committee in Chesham said: "I would say we all condemn this terrorism in any place in Britain."