A person has died near the tracks at Montrose Railway Station.
Emergency servcies launched a major response following the incident earlier this morning.
The station has been shut affecting Monday morning services between Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
A Police Scotland spokesman declined to comment on the nature of the incident and instead directed all calls to the British Transport Police.
A spokesman for BTP said: “Officers were called to Montrose station at 6.40am this morning following reports of a casualty near the tracks.
“Paramedics also attended and 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 procurator fiscal.”
A shuttle bus service has been arranged to transport passengers between Laurencekirk and Montrose.
Scotrail released an update on Twitter.
It said: “Due to emergency services dealing with an incident in the Montrose area, services are unable to call at Montrose station.
“Services booked to start and finish at Montrose will now be started and terminated at Laurencekirk.”
Stagecoach buses are also accepting train tickets for travel between Montrose and Dundee.
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