A PERSON has died after being hit by a train this morning.
The incident happened on a secton of track between Rayleigh and Hockley stations, and officers from British Transport Police are in attendance.
The ambulance service also attended, but the person was pronounced dead at the scene.
Disruption to trains is expected to last until at least 11am, and there are delays of up to 30 minutes to trains between Southend Victoria and Wickford.
Passengers can use their tickets on reasonable c2c routes.
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