Train services were disrupted on Thursday night (September 21) after police found a body at a train station on the Lancashire border.

British Transport Police officers were called to Appley Bridge station at around 9.30pm following reports of a casualty on the tracks.

Paramedics were also in attendance but the person was pronounced dead at the scene.

The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

It is understood that train services to Manchester and Southport were disrupted.

A spokesperson for the British Transport Police said: “Officers were called to Appley Bridge station shortly  before 9.30pm on Thursday, September 21 following reports of a casualty on the tracks.

“Paramedics also attended but sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene.

"The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.”