A man has died after being hit by a train at a busy station in south-west London during this moring’s rush hour. The line between Woking and London Waterloo is closed after the incident, which happened at Surbiton at about 7.30am.
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The operator said in a statement: “Severe disruption is now expected between Woking and London Waterloo due to a person being hit by a train”.”At this moment all trains in the Surbiton area are still running, but are having to go at a reduced speed”.”This not only affects the trains in service at the time of the incident, but also has a knock-on effect to following services”.
Commuters can expect disruption to the service until at least 2 o’clock today (Weds 7th Oct).
Locke reiterated, however, that passengers using the station need to be reassured that these long overdue works will now be progressed – bringing back Waterloo worldwide platforms into regular use with an absolute minimum of delay, making sure that all platforms can handle the longest trains, and by doing work to enable more trains to run along this important corridor.
Suburban services had returned to normal by 6pm, but at 6.20pm a train fault caused fresh delays between Waterloo and Wimbledon.
Mr Neill said: “Many train crews were unable to reach their trains to begin or continue working, and the carriages for some evening peak departures were delayed coming into Waterloo and therefore delayed departing Waterloo”.
“We appreciate how frustrating it is when your train service doesn’t run as planned”.
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British Transport Police have confirmed the death is not being treated as suspicious.
