Rail line death disrupts Bristol train services
Train passengers travelling in the Bristol area faced delays this morning following a death on the line in Devon.
The discovery of a body on the line in Ivybridge at just after 6am meant First Great Western trains were delayed as they made their way into Bristol through North Somerset.
A British Transport Police spokesman said: "BTP officers and colleagues from Devon and Cornwall police attended Davids Lane, Ivybridge, at 6.07am this morning after receiving a report that a train had hit a person on the railway line.
"Upon attendance officers discovered a body.
"The incident is being treated as unexplained and inquiries to establish the man's identity and the exact circumstances surrounding the death are ongoing."
Comments
by The Hedgehog, Horfield
Thursday, November 26 2009, 3:59PM
“Pre-Beeching, there was an alternative route from Plymouth to Exeter, by which trains could have been diverted. Now there's only one route to Devon and Cornwall.
To be fair, even Beeching didn't recommend closing the route via Okehampton, that was British Railways' own bright idea.”