East Midlands Railways announced the incident.
East Midlands Railways said on Friday 28 October:
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train between Liverpool South Parkway and Widnes, affecting services on our Liverpool/Nottingham/Norwich route.
‘Emergency services are en route to manage the situation.’
‘Trains running through the area in both directions between Liverpool South Parkway and Widnes are currently unable to run.
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‘At present we are expecting the line to re-open in the next 3 hours. As soon as the line is open again, our priority will be to get trains running to their advertised times again. We expect our advertised timetable to resume on the affected routes by 16:00.’
