National rail trains from Liverpool Street cancelled after man killed by train
Seven Kings station closed after man killed by train Photo: Shekha Vyas - Credit: Archant
National Rail trains from Liverpool Street have been cancelled after a man was killed by a train at Seven Kings station in Redbridge.
British Transport Police said the man was struck by a train at about 9.30am and pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene.
All trains on the Greater Anglia line from Liverpool Street into Essex are cancelled until the track reopens.
A BTP spokesman said: “The incident is currently being treated as non-suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.
“Enquiries are ongoing to establish the identity of the man and inform his family.”
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Commuters on their way to work and families going on trips during half term were turned away from the station, which was shut off by police.
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