Police cordon at Rayleigh train station as person dies with emergency services at scene

Emergency services have been scrambled to a UK train station this morning with a police cordon at the scene. Trains have been halted after a person was hit by a train. A large number of police and other emergency service vehicles are currently outside Rayleigh station and police tape is blocking the entrance to the station, preventing members of the public from entering. There are reports of trains being halted from around 5.30am, with all Greater Anglia trains between Southend Victoria and London Liverpool Street suspended following the tragic incident. Greater Anglia has confirmed that a person was hit by a train this morning. They said on their website: "Unfortunately some one has been hit by a train between Wickford and Southend Victoria. Emergency services are at the scene dealing with the incident." While police and ambulance are at the scene, so are a number of Ambipar vehicles. Ambipar respond to incidents and emergencies of an environmental, chemical and biological nature which affect health, environment and property. Train lines remain blocked this morning. Meanwhile, police, ambulances and fire engines rushed to a UK train station responding to a fatality on Thursday evening, with a cordon seen at the scene. British Transport Police confirmed a person has died. A huge emergency service response was present at the train station in Ashton-under-Lyne, off Wellington Road. A number of ambulances, as well as police vehicles were seen in the car park. Members of the fire service were also seen entering the station. A British Transport Police spokesman told the Daily Star: "Officers were called at around 5pm today (6 November) to reports of a casualty on the tracks at Ashton-under-Lyne railway station. "Officers responded with paramedics, but sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner."