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Bid to identify track death woman | |
(about 10 hours later) | |
British Transport Police have appealed for public help in identifying a woman who was struck and killed by a train near Lockerbie station. | |
Emergency services were called to the scene at about 0530 GMT. | |
Police said nobody had been reported missing in the area and they were anxious to hear from anyone who might recognise her description. | |
They said the victim had brown hair and was wearing a green fleece, a pink scarf and pink training shoes. | |
The line was shut in both directions for more than two hours while investigations were carried out. | |
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident. | |
Trains both north and south of Carlisle were affected by the closure, with trains travelling from the south of England terminating at Preston or Carlisle. | Trains both north and south of Carlisle were affected by the closure, with trains travelling from the south of England terminating at Preston or Carlisle. |