A person has died after being hit by a train at Elm Park.
Emergency services were called to Elm Park station today (August 31) at 6.52am to reports of an incident.
Medics, including a London Air Ambulance, attended and a person was pronounced dead at the scene.
Outside the station, several emergency vehicles were parked as work took place to recover the person.
In the morning there was no service on the District line between Dagenham East and Upminster, with severe delays between Dagenham East and Earl’s Court.
The station was also closed during this time.
Before 10am, service returned across the line but with severe delays.
Slowly, service began to improve with just minor delays – but since then there has been no service between Plaistow and Upney with severe delays to the rest of the line due toa signal failure.
It has meant that at the time of reporting, disruption has been ongoing for different reasons on the line for over ten hours.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 6.52am on 31 August to reports of an incident at Elm Park Underground Station.
“We sent resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic and paramedics from our hazardous area response team. We also dispatched a trauma team from London’s Air Ambulance.
“Sadly, despite the best efforts of our crews, a person was pronounced dead at the scene."
The British Transport Police has been approached for comment.
If you feel affected by what has happened and wish to find support, you can contact the Samaritans on 116 123 via phone for a confidential chat or email jo@samaritans.org.
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