Man Dies After Being Hit By Train As Services Out Of Lime Street Cancelled
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the Liverpool Echo.
These paragraphs describe the incident.
Cheshire Police were called to Hartford station in Northwich at around 4pm on Monday, May 23, following reports of a man being hit by a train. Once officers and paramedics arrived at the scene the station was closed to all trains and British Transport Police were called.
British Transport Police have confirmed when emergency services arrived at the scene the man was already dead. Officers are currently working to identify the man and inform their next of kin.
At 15:47, I left Liverpool Lime Street station for London and this was my journey.
- We stopped at Runcorn and waited there about 15 minutes.
- We then reversed back to Liverpool and got off the train.
- We were then told to get back on the train.
- I actually sat opposite my original seat in coach U, but there was a bit of chaos as Avanti West Coast were combining passengers for the 15:47 and 16:47.
- We left Liverpool at 17:23.
- The route was through Manchester and then South from Manchester Piccadilly.
- We finally arrived in London at 20:18
The journey had taken five hours and thirty-four minutes.
In addition the 17:47, 18:47 and the 19:47 were cancelled, with some passengers taken by bus to Crewe.
The Anonymous Widower 
I am sorry that you had a difficult journey.
We don’t know and shouldn’t speculate whether the man who died came to be on the line. Here in south Manchester we get a lot of people who are referred to by the term “jumpers”, who stand of the ledge on the outside of the railing of the many many motorway bridges. An appropriate professional will be brought to try and dissuade them from jumping. I don’t know the success rate, but I think it is quite good. But sometimes roads are closed for 24 or more hours
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