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Major rail disruption after person hit by train

Shariqua Ahmed/BBC Crowds of passengers in coats stand in a modern railway station building, many looking at their phones or towards digital display boards.Shariqua Ahmed/BBC
Passengers at Peterborough Railway Station have been unable to travel

Rail services between London and Peterborough were cancelled or delayed after a person was struck by a train.

British Transport Police (BTP) said officers were called to the line between Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough at about 13:30 GMT. A person was pronounced dead at the scene.

Rail operators LNER and Thameslink said no trains could run between Hitchin in Hertfordshire, and Peterborough, but services resumed from 16:29.

A National Rail spokesperson said major disruption was still expected until 20:00.

Replacement buses have been laid on between St Neots in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

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