Overview

• Police were called at around 11.25am to reports of a casualty on the tracks in the Formby area, where a person was pronounced dead at the scene.
• British Transport Police said the incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.
• Merseyrail suspended services between Hall Road and Southport, with a very limited service operating between Hall Road and Liverpool.
• Replacement buses are running between Hall Road and Southport and tickets are being accepted on Arriva 47 and 300, Stagecoach X2, and local Southport bus routes.
• National Rail reported line closures between Formby and Hightown with possible cancellations to Liverpool Central, while a separate train fault disrupted the Ormskirk and Hunts Cross lines, including an 11.21am service terminating at Kirkdale.