A man died after being hit by a train yesterday evening.

Officers from British Transport Police (BTP) were alerted to a report a person had been struck by a train at Thornton Heath station at around 8.30pm.

Emergency services attended the scene and discovered the body of a male, who had suffered serious injuries.

A spokeswoman for BTP said: "The injuries were consistent with being hit by a train.

"The incident has been treated as non-suspicion."

The death caused chaos for rail passengers with train services between Thornton Heath and Selhurst being disrupted.

There were also delays to trains travelling to and from Victoria station.