Nth Wales/Chester/Wrexham line closed

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Several cancellations already, two VT Londons & Cardiffs ATWs.(including Gerald)
Person hit by train near Chester, closing Chester Nth Wales/Chester Wrexham lines.

The moving indicator system on nat rail train times was thrown into chaos.

later BBC news reports
North Wales rail services have been disrupted after a woman died on the line.
British Transport Police were called at 0518 BST and a woman was found at Saltney Junction, near Chester, after being hit by the 0545 Chester to Wrexham train.
She suffered multiple injuries and died at the scene The incident is not being treated as suspicious.
The line opened at 0830 BST but some disruption could continue for hours.
Arriva Trains Wales Services and Virgin services to Llandudno and Holyhead were affected.
Virgin Trains said it could take most of the morning until normal services resume.

presume the time must have been 0618 when the Police were called?

 

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BBC text showing line reopened at 08:30 after fatality at Saltney Jct (Chester).

 

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BBC text showing line reopened at 08:30 after fatality at Saltney Jct (Chester).

That's an unusual place to have a fatality as it is not accessable by the public easily

 

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That's an unusual place to have a fatality as it is not accessable by the public easily

from todays local paper, the daily post.

Woman killed by train minutes after security staff escorted female trespasser off railway lines
Aug 4 2010


A WOMAN was hit and killed by a train yesterday just minutes after an empty train missed a female trespasser on the same length of track.

The fatal collision at 5.45am at Saltney Junction on the Welsh border happened little more than 30 minutes after another near miss.

An empty passenger train bound for Llandudno Junction narrowly avoided a fatal collision at about 5.15am.

Last night a Network Rail spokesman said: “We got a phone call from the driver of an empty passenger train that had been involved in a near miss with a female trespasser.

“The driver was shaken up and requested a relief driver, who was sent. A second train was asked to check the line and at 5.20am they went through and found it clear.

“The next thing we know is that the 5.45am service has unfortunately struck a woman trespasser and she died on the scene.”

It has not been confirmed whether the same woman was involved in both incidents but a British Transport Police spokesman said: “The incident is being treated as non-suspicious and an investigation to determine the full circumstances is ongoing.”

Cheshire Coroner’s Office said: “We’re still waiting for formal identification to be made. A post mortem will be conducted later in the week and then an inquest will be opened and adjourned.”