Person dies after being hit by train in Earley

Police are working to identify the person involved

Hugh Fort

By Hugh Fort

Earley Station. Credit: Google Maps

A person has died after being hit by a train at Earley station.

Emergency services were called to the incident at around 5pm on Thursday, November 1.

British Transport Police officers attended with South Central Ambulance Service crews, but the person was pronounced dead at the scene.

They say the death is not being treated as suspicious.

A British Transport Police spokesman said: "Officers are working to identify the person and inform their family.


The incident and subsequent investigation led to all train lines being blocked between Reading, Berkshire, and Ascot.

The line reopened at around 7.45pm the same evening.

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