Trains between Exeter and Newton Abbot were disrupted on Saturday (January 18) after a person died on the railway near Starcross.

Officers were called to the railway line near Starcross railway station at around 4pm on Saturday following reports of a casualty on the tracks.

Paramedics also attended the scene.

Sadly, the person was pronounced dead at the scene.

‘The incident is not being treated as suspicious, and a file will be prepared for the coroner,’ a spokesperson from the British Transport Police said.