EMR announced the incident at 3 pm on Tuesday 10 September.
East Midlands Railway said at 3:01 pm Tuesday 10 September:
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train.
‘This has occurred between Warrington Central and Manchester Oxford Road and is disrupting our trains on the Liverpool Lime Street/Nottingham/Norwich route.
‘Emergency services are en-route to manage the incident. They are expected to arrive at 15:30.
‘Trains are unable to run between Warrington Central and Manchester Oxford Road in both directions, until the lines are reopened.
‘Some services where possible may be diverted and will not call at Liverpool South Parkway, Widnes, Warrington Central,
‘At present we are expecting the line to re-open in the next 2 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 17:00.
