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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Matt Watts

Elizabeth Line incident: Person dies at Hanwell station with passengers facing major delays

A person has died after an incident on the Elizabeth line at a west London train station.

A spokesperson for British Transport Police said: "Officers were called at around 11am today to reports of a casualty on the tracks at Hanwell railway station.

"Officers responded but sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene.

"The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner."

There has been major disruption on the Elizabeth line, the Heathrow Express and Great Western railway on Monday as a result.

In an updated statement on their website shortly after 2.15pm, National Rail said: "The emergency services have completed their work between London Paddington and Southall, allowing all lines to reopen.

"Trains running between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport / Reading may still be cancelled, revised or delayed by up to 30 minutes whilst service recovers.

"Disruption is expected until 15:00."

National Rail later said disruption was over at 3.45pm.

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