An 18-year-old woman has died after being hit by a train at West Allerton station.
Services between Liverpool Lime Street and Runcorn and Warrington Central were cancelled following the incident at around 4.15pm this afternoon.
The routes were reopened shortly before 7pm as British Transport Police confirmed that there were no suspicious circumstrances behind the death.
“Our officers attended along with colleagues from the North West Ambulance Service but sadly an 18-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene, site ” a spokesman confirmed.
“The woman’s family has been informed.”