{"id":556119,"date":"2025-11-08T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/556119\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T00:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:01:27","slug":"emergency-services-close-station-after-person-hit-by-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/556119\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency services close station after person hit by train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The train station was cordoned off by police following the incident<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1_Broadgreen.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency services outside Broad Green station\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Emergency services outside Broad Green station(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">A Liverpool train station was cordoned off this evening after a person was hit by a train. Emergency services were called to Broad Green railway station, on Bowring Park Road, at around 7.15pm on Friday, November 7, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/live-train-updates-cancelled-incident-32835817\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"following reports of an incident.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">following reports of an incident.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">All lines between Liverpool Lime Street and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/st-helens\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">St Helens<\/a> Central were closed as police and rescue teams responded at the scene. A large emergency services presence was reported at the station, with Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS), British Transport Police, and paramedics attending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">The station was <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/merseyside-police\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"cordoned off by policeLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">cordoned off by police<\/a> while the incident was dealt with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Traffic alert site Inrix reported the M62 eastbound lane was closed on the exit slip road due to the incident at A5080 Bowring Park Road (The Rocket).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762560087_782_1_Broadgreen.jpg\" alt=\"Broad Green station was cordoned off this evening\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Broad Green station was cordoned off this evening<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">A spokesperson for MFRS said: &#8220;Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service attended an incident at Broadgreen Railway Station on Bowring Park Road earlier this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">&#8220;Crews were alerted at 19.15 following reports of a person being hit by a train. 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