A 'remarkable' university student who took her own life was set to obtain a top degree and dreamed of working in space, an inquest heard.
Kinza Nasar, 23, was one of a small number of University of Manchester students to be granted a scholarship while she studied aerospace engineering.
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One of seven siblings, she moved to the UK from Pakistan where she was ten years old went to both primary and high school in Levenshulme.
Her brother Osama Nasar said she was a "very intelligent, energetic and caring person" who brought "joy" to her family members.
She loved studying he said and 'spent a lot of time in the library with her head in books' Mr Nasar said.
At the time of her death, family and friends of Kinza, who had previously struggled with her mental health, had no concerns about her, an inquest into her death was told.
A coroner said it was 'tragic her life was cut short in this way' as she ruled she did intentionally take her own life.
Kinza died after being hit by a train at Levenshulme station early one morning last February.
She attended Manchester College before embarking on a four-year foundation degree course at the University of Manchester in 2017. She dreamed of a career working in space he said.
In late 2020 she began the final year of her course and by January 2021 had completed her first-semester coursework and exams.
She was also involved with a number of charitable projects.
In 2014, following an attempt to take her own life, she was diagnosed as suffering with a depressive illness, the hearing was told.
However there no 'further concerns' following that and she was not taking any anti-depressants at the time of her death her GP confirmed in a statement.
And Kinza's brother said that she had recently spoken to her sister and told them she was 'doing great.'
And he added that the last time the family saw her, the night before her death, "everything was completely normal to us."
Shortly before 8am on Wednesday, February 3, after jumping onto the tracks she was struck by a Northern train travelling from Stoke-On Trent to Manchester Piccadilly which was travelling through Levenshulme station.
She suffered 'extensive multiple injuries' the hearing was told with a post-mortem concluding she died as the result of a severe head injury.
An incident report found Samaritans posters at the station entrance had been removed during a refurbishment at the time of her death, the hearing was told, however they would now be put back, Assistant Coroner Angharad Davies said.
She recorded a conclusion of suicide following the hearing at Manchester Coroner's Court.
"It's quite clear she was an exemplary student. Her results were very strong, indeed I think that is perhaps an understatement from what I have seen.
"She was completing her university course and it appears she was in line to secure a first-class honours degree, which no doubt took a lot of effort and commitment.
"I have heard she was a joy to her family and a selfless young woman.
"There appears to have been no signs preceding February 3 that there had been any struggle for Kinza with her mood or her mental health," Ms Davies said.
"I have heard about her previous mental health difficulties but on all the evidence it seems there was no sign that this was re-occurring."
However, she said she had taken into account the evidence of the train driver and an extract from Kinza's diary in concluding she did intentionally take her own life.
"She was a remarkable young woman with so much to offer, it's just so sad her life was cut short in this way" she said.
