Disruption between Portsmouth and Brighton due to person hit by train (8/9/2011)

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[Chris from Nailsea]

From FGW^▸ (First Great Western) live updates:

Service incidents

07:01 Portsmouth Harbour to Brighton due 08:20
This train will be terminated at Barnham. It will no longer call at: Worthing, Shoreham-By-Sea, Hove and Brighton. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 08/09/2011 06:44

09:00 Brighton to Great Malvern due 14:37
This train will be started from Barnham. It will no longer call at: Brighton, Hove, Shoreham-By-Sea and Worthing. This is due to a person hit by a train.
Last Updated: 08/09/2011 06:46

[Chris from Nailsea]

From the Brighton and Hove Argus:

Track death closes Brighton to Worthing train line

One person has died after being hit by a train near Southwick.

The line between Brighton and Worthing is currently closed.

A spokesman for British Transport Police, who were called to the incident at about 6.30am, said the death was not currently being treated as suspicious.

Officers are currently waiting for the coroner to arrive before they can move the body.

[Chris from Nailsea]

From the Littlehampton Gazette:

Update: delays caused after woman is struck and killed by train

Trains from Portsmouth and Southampton to Brighton were cancelled and delayed as a result of a woman being struck and killed by a train.

British Transport Police (BTP^▸ (British Transport Police)) were called to the line at Southwick railway station at about 6.29am on Thursday, September 8, following reports that a woman had been struck by a train.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

A BTP spokeswoman said: ^BTP and officers from Sussex Police attended the incident, which was reported to police at 6.29am, and is currently being treated as non-suspicious. Paramedics from the South East Coast Ambulance Service also attended, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers are currently working to establish the identity of the woman, and to inform her next of kin. A file will be prepared for the coroner.^

The line was handed back to Network Rail at 7.50am

The train involved was the 5.53am Littlehampton to London Bridge service.

Commuters from Worthing to Shoreham needed to get replacement buses while the incident was being dealt with.