Overview

• British Transport Police were called shortly after 3pm on 19 August to reports of a casualty on the tracks at Didcot Parkway, where a person was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Great Western Railway said a person was struck by a train, leading to all lines being blocked and cancellations and delays that extended into the end of the day.
• Services between Swindon and Reading faced severe disruption with some trains cancelled, curtailed, or held in stations, and journeys taking up to 90 minutes longer.
• GWR and Network Rail worked with emergency services, advised passengers on Delay Repay compensation, and signposted mental-health support through the Samaritans on 116 123.
• British Transport Police confirmed the case is not being treated as suspicious and will prepare a file for the coroner, while local reports indicated the station multi-storey car park was temporarily closed.