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Train disruption at Worcester Park

As The Parkerilla spotted trains are delayed and the National Rail website is saying that "Train services are being disrupted due to a person having been hit by a train at Worcester Park."
No more details at the moment but I'm sure more will come through.

I hope it's nobody you know.

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EDIT - 10:51: The Local Guardian is running a story now:

A schoolgirl fell on tracks at Worcester Park station as she ran for a train. The teen, thought to be from Raynes Park High School, was taken away on a stretcher as police cordoned off the area. The incident caused chaos for commuters who were told to get off the 7.52am train from Epsom to London Waterloo this morning.

British Transport Police were called around 8am after the girl slipped and fell between the carriages and on to the track. She was taken to St George's Hospital in Tooting with an injury to her left foot.

A spokesman for London Ambulance Service said: "We were called just after 8am to reports of a person under the train at Worcester Park station. "We sent two fast response cars, an ambulance and an officer to the scene; the first of which was there in six minutes. "We treated a teenage girl who was taken to St George's Hospital."

A spokeswoman for South West Trains said: "We currently cannot operate services out of Worcester Park but commuters can use their tickets to get local buses to the nearest station where they can get a train. "We apologise to passengers who are trying to get to work but we have to allow the emergency services to carry out their work."

EDIT - 15.34 Photo added

[image from the local Guardian website]

2.10.07 10:47
 


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Jenny (2.10.07 12:12)
Ta for the update, was getting very curious! I was on the 7.43 so just missed it!


The_Parkerilla (2.10.07 12:37)
I hope the girls ok, said she had an injury to her foot, hopefully its only a broken bone.
On any normal day I would have been on the Up platform, a bit up from the ticket office, at 10 to 8 and it may well have happened right in front of me which is a disturbing thought. As it was I decided to walk to Motspur Park station (I live near the end of Green Lane) as I had some time to kill and fancied some fresh air. I got to Motspur Park at 8.15 and the trains were all cancelled, there was a large crowd of people there and when the announcement was made about "sorry for the delays .... suspected fatality at Worcester Park" people started drifting away to find alternative means.


Brinkster / Website (2.10.07 12:47)
Hey Parkerilla! Bet you didn't have much luck with alternate means from Motspur Park.... not exactly a transport hub eh? Were the trains from Chessington canned too?

She's seriously lucky to go under a train and not end up leaving the station in a bag.


The_Parkerilla (2.10.07 16:42)
Just read the update about her being in intensive care, thats terrible. I hope it didnt run over her foot.

The Chessington line was knocked out as well, the line Raynes Park to Motspur was blocked by Epsom trains which couldn't go through.

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