Woman killed on the railway line near to Wigan town centre

Emergency services were called to Wigan North Western at 6.35pm on the evening of Wednesday June 14 after receiving reports of a casualty on the tracks.

Tragically the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Services on the lines through the station were disrupted until the early hours of the next morning.

British Transport Police say there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the fatality.

A file will be passed on to the coroner.