A person has been hit by a train.
According to the Merseyrail website, “major disruption” is affecting the Southport and Hunts Cross lines.
The site reads: “Due to a person being hit by a train at Aigburth the Hunts Cross line is disrupted. Disruption is expected until 13:00 23/05. Train services to Hunts Cross will be terminated at and started back from Liverpool Cntrl Northern.”
A rail replacement bus service has been requested to run between Moorfields and Hunts Cross.
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Due to unrelated incidents, the Chester and Ellesmere Port lines are also seeing “major disruption”.
The ECHO has approached British Transport Police for more information on the Aigburth incident.
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