A person has died after being hit by a train on the Norwich to London line.
Passengers heading to the capital were met with disruption on Monday morning as services terminated in Shenfield in Essex following the incident.
A person was reported on the tracks at Romford Station.
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Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after and the person was pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.
Rail services from Norwich continued to experience disruption for several hours before returning to normal shortly before 11am.
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