Police have closed the platform off to the general public after protesters from claimate change group Extinction Rebellion stormed the train. There are up to police officers in the station and with several other station employees rushing around. Two protesters, dressed in business atire, staged a protest on the roof of a DLR train at Canary Wharf station while holding a banner emblazoned with "climate emergency". The man and woman said they were staging a "peaceful protest" and were planning to glue themselves to the train.
I'm going to be late for work now! How dare these people inconvenience others getting from one place to the other!
Below them, a bearded demonstrator wearing a hi-vis vest glued his hand to the train window before being removed by officers and arrested.
Passengers are able to get off trains but no travellers are allowed onto platforms to join the train.
Protesters are silently holding their banners.
Police and station staff are advising passengers to make alternative arrangements.
Extinction Rebellion said in a statement: "Our aim is to create moments in time when humanity stops and fully considers the extent of the harm we have done and are doing to life on earth.
"It is vitally important at this time. It is a matter of life and death - whether you live in Tower Hamlets or Taipei, Melbourne or Mumbai."
London protests have brought down the DLR (Image: REUTERS )
Dozens of commuters have voiced their anger and frustration at the disruption to their journeys.
A passerby raged: "I'm going to be late for work now! How dare these people inconvenience others getting from one place to the other!"
Music student Anouska Stahlmann said the protests have forced her mother and elderly grandparents to walk across London to find alternative transport.
The 20-year-old's mother has lupus, while her grandparents, who are in their 70s, were travelling from their home in Buckinghamshire to see Ms Stahlmann's sister perform in a play in south-east London.
She told the Press Association: "Considering my grandma has sciatica and my grandad has asthma, disruption on the Tubes is not an option.
"They really risk being stuck in a tunnel."
Plice remove the Extinction Rebellion protester from the top of the train (Image: EPA)
Ms Stahlmann added: "I have no issue with wanting to better the environment and we're fairly conscious of it as a family," she said. "Their methods, however, are seriously flawed and are not inclusive of people who want to support the cause.
"I find it awful they're disintegrating into a rent-a-mob mentality really. I'd expect better."
One woman, who had three young children with her, one of which began crying, said: "The weather is beautiful and I just wanted to take the kids out for a lovely day.
"That has been ruined and they are now getting really agitated."
One passerby told Express.co.uk: “There are police officers everywhere. They are blocking off the station.
“Trains are still pulling in and out of the platforms.
“They look to be on top of the train to Lewisham. They’re not saying anything, just silently holding a banner.”
