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"Suspicious circumstances" tallies with the rumours that were circulating amongst passengers who left the unit involved at Oxenholme. Reputedly - and I stress that; no official comment has been made - the man was being pursued by police and ran onto the line.

Everything passed. The line was open again by 18.30.

WCML appears to be open again. Seen freight, parcels and a 185 from bus home.

Oxenholme evacuated; the train involved is - in the words of the station staff - "to be blunt, a mess."

The train involved is being brought into Oxenholme now.

I saw a Voyager parked just south of Docker from the bus to Kendal at 3.30, driver walking alongside track. Wondered what had happened all the way back to Oxenholme ... where I found out. Sad news :(

Wow. :( Was it the sleeper that hit him/her or a preceding train?

Already over sixty minutes late leaving Edinburgh, the sleeper is now motionless on Beattock, ticking over gently, and has been for the last hour. God knows what's going on - failed (hopefully not crashed or derailed) train ahead, presumably.

The Inverness portion of the Caley was 24 minutes late out of Dalwhinnie, has crawled for the last 15 minutes and is now stopped in the middle of nowhere. Anyone have any ideas or inkling what's going on?

I actually called myself "Mr Branson". The speed of Virgin's response was astonishing.

Thanks for all your helpful comments. For the record, here's confirmation from the Virgin Customer Relations Consultant of what EltonRoad said:

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone here will be able to answer this query. In May, I'll be travelling standard class to London Euston from Inverness. As a holder of a Scotrail Advance card, I'm entitled - it says here - to use the First Class Lounges at Scotrail stations. My question is: will I...