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Person dies after being hit by train near Dundee

They were sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

Balmossie Railway Station.
Trains are delayed from Dundee Railway Station.

A person has died after being hit by a train in the Dundee area.

The incident happened near Balmossie Station just after 10.30am on Tuesday.

The person was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

A British Transport Police spokesperson said: “Officers were called to Balmossie station at 10.35am today following reports of a casualty on the tracks.

“Paramedics also attended. However, sadly a person has been pronounced dead at the scene.

“The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the procurator fiscal.”

Railway line closed after death

The railway line between Dundee and Aberdeen was closed as a result of the incident.

Services were suspended between Montrose and Aberdeen, and Dundee and Arbroath.

Passengers were also unable to travel on the line from Aberdeen to Edinburgh or Glasgow.

National Rail said services may be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes or revised.

The line reopened at 1.45pm but disruption was expected until 3pm.

Alternative transport between Dundee and Aberdeen

Passengers were able to use their train tickets on:

  • Stagecoach services on route 73/73A between Dundee and Arbroath.
  • CityLink buses on routes M9 and M92 between Dundee and Aberdeen.
  • LNER services between Aberdeen and Edinburgh

Rail replacement transport from Dundee was running but, due to limited availability, ScotRail was unable to source replacement transport for Aberdeen.

Incident followed signalling fault

The incident came hours after a signalling fault in the Arbroath area was cited for closing the same line.

Network Rail tweeted: “We’ve fixed the signalling issue between Arbroath and Dundee, however, the emergency services are dealing with an incident on the line in the area now.

“Services will continue to be disrupted while they work.”

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