Man who was hit by train believed to be in his eighties and from Hungerford

British Transport Police, Thames Valley Police, the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance and an ambulance all attended the incident at 3.45pm
A spokesman for the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS), James Keating-Wilkes, confirmed shortly afterwards that he incident involved a male of an unknown age who had suffered “injuries incompatible with life.”
On Monday, a spokeswoman for the British Transport Police, who asked not to be named, said it was being treated as non-suspicious.
She added: “Medics from South Central Ambulance Service attended, but the man, believed to be in his eighties and from Hungerford, was pronounced dead at the scene.”
A formal identification on the man is expected in the next few days.
The ambulance resources remained at the scene until just after 5:30pm but rail services were affected into the evening.
All lines through Hungerford were closed, and train services south of Reading were quickly affected, causing delays of up to 90-minutes to Friday night commuters.
Cancellations and delays affected a number of services running from Reading to Taunton and the South West.
By 5pm, train operator First Great Western had put bus replacements services in place between Newbury, Bedwyn and Pewsey, and trains travelling to the South West were diverted via Swindon.
By 7.30pm, the delays had reduced to around 30 minutes for services running between Reading and the South West, and trains were running through Hungerford as normal from 9.30pm.
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