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Woman dies at Burgess Hill railway station

3:10pm Friday 21st November 2008 in


A woman has died after she was hit by a train.

The incident happened at Burgess Hill railway station at around 12.40pm today.

She was struck by the 11.47am Littlehampton to London Victoria service.

British Transport Police, the ambulance service and police were sent to the scene.

The death is not being treated as suspicious.

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Comments(7)

Arther Daley says...
4:18pm Fri 21 Nov 08

Its about time the railway people put up entrance systems like on the tube (jubilee line extension), you cant go near the track and when the train comes secondary doors slide open to allow access to and from the train.

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NoWaySeriously says...
6:36pm Fri 21 Nov 08

Arther Daley wrote:
Its about time the railway people put up entrance systems like on the tube (jubilee line extension), you cant go near the track and when the train comes secondary doors slide open to allow access to and from the train.
Maybe our 7% fare increases can pay for that?

Seriously, how can they justify that? "To pay for improvements". Yes, we've heard that before yet we've never seen improvements :@

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Crunchie says...
1:12pm Sat 22 Nov 08

NoWaySeriously wrote:
Arther Daley wrote:
Its about time the railway people put up entrance systems like on the tube (jubilee line extension), you cant go near the track and when the train comes secondary doors slide open to allow access to and from the train.
Maybe our 7% fare increases can pay for that?

Seriously, how can they justify that? "To pay for improvements". Yes, we've heard that before yet we've never seen improvements :@
Oh come on, I've commuted since 2001 and just since then there have been new trains, more reliable services and fewer blocked toilets. It's never a joy, but it's much better than it was even a few years ago.

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Charismatic Andrew says...
8:17pm Sat 22 Nov 08

Crunchie wrote:
NoWaySeriously wrote:
Arther Daley wrote: Its about time the railway people put up entrance systems like on the tube (jubilee line extension), you cant go near the track and when the train comes secondary doors slide open to allow access to and from the train.
Maybe our 7% fare increases can pay for that? Seriously, how can they justify that? "To pay for improvements". Yes, we've heard that before yet we've never seen improvements :@
Oh come on, I've commuted since 2001 and just since then there have been new trains, more reliable services and fewer blocked toilets. It's never a joy, but it's much better than it was even a few years ago.
Fewer blocked toilets?!? You're having a laugh aren't you? Are you serious? Surely you jest?

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davyboy says...
9:47am Sun 23 Nov 08

this is tragic, but, to be hit by a train, you either have to be on the track( not accidental) or leaning over the platform edge (again not accidental). you cannot get hit by a swinging door because they don't swing anymore, and if a train is not stopping then there are plenty of tannoy warnings. i do not have the full facts, of course, but, unless you are pushed into the path of the train, it must be a voluntary movement.

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sussex2 says...
11:37am Sun 23 Nov 08

That stretch of track has more than its fair share of such 'incidents'. There were a lot more when St Francis' was up and running.
Ticket barriers would do little to stop someone intent on suicide.
If it was suicide I just wish people would realise that it is not a clean death; more you get chewed up and spattered about. I witnessed one once and can confirm this.
Your remains are then uncermoniously shovelled up into plastic bags, and the world continues.
Luckily the train driver in the instance I saw was not aware of what had happened and the train was not stopped until it reached the next station.
I can fully understand, if it was suicide, why someone might want to do it. But anyone considering it should not be under the impression it will be a quick end!

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BBBrighton says...
4:52pm Tue 25 Nov 08

agreed these incidents seem to be happening with increasing frequency. Suicide is never the best way out but doing it on the tracks really is one of the worst ways to do it. Not only does the loss of life affect the individuals immediate effect but also the lives of the drivers.

Barriers are quite a good idea but the cost would be astronomical – network rail would of course value the work at around 78trillion pounds. Still it may make stations a bit safer and less drafty! So I’m all for it.

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