ScotRail warns disruption to services expected following incident near Edinburgh Park Railway Station
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Emergency services were called to an incident on the railway between Haymarket and Linlithgow shortly after 10am on Thursday, October 3. British Transport Police has confirmed that a person was pronounced dead at the scene.


Shortly before 12pm, ScotRail announced the line has now reopened but said ‘services will not call at Edinburgh Park until further notice’ adding ‘disruption to services will be ongoing until our staff and trains are back in position’.
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A spokesperson for British Transport Police said: “Officers were called to a report of a casualty on the tracks just before 10am today on October 3 at Edinburgh Park Railway Station.
“Officers and paramedics attended and sadly a person was pronounced deceased. The incident is not thought to be suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.”
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