Doncaster trains cancelled and delayed due to death

Doncaster trains were cancelled and delayed due to a death on the tracks.

Services between Doncaster and Wakefield were suspended after a death on the tracks in West Yorkshire at around 4.40am.

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British Transport Police said officers were alerted to a casualty on the railway line near Wakefield and attended but the casualty was pronounced dead at the scene.

BTP said: “The incident is not being treated as suspicious. A report will now be prepared for the coroner.”

The Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123.

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