A person hit by a train has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, British Transport Police (BTP) have confirmed. BTP officers were called to Humphrey Park Railway Station, on the Manchester to Liverpool Line - between Urmston and Trafford Park - just after 8am on Monday (June 26), where a person was found injured on the tracks.
The incident has caused disruption on the wider railway network, with East Midlands Railway services on the Liverpool/Nottingham/Norwich route among those affected.
In an update, the Liverpool Echo reports, a spokesperson for BTP said: "Officers were called to Humphrey Park Railway Station at 8.02am on 26 June following reports of a casualty on the tracks.