Police investigations reveal woman was killed at train station yesterday (From St Albans & Harpenden Review)

36-year-old woman from Luton killed at St Albans train station yesterday

10:20am Friday 13th January 2012 in News By Manisha Mistry

POLICE have confirmed a woman was killed when she was hit by a train a St Albans station yesterday morning.

The British Transport Police has said initial reports at the time suggested the person who died was a man.

However following further investigations the victim has been identified as a 36-year-old woman from Luton.

A spokesperson for the BTP said they are still awaiting a formal identification and to inform her next of kin.

St Albans City station was evacuated and services on the Thameslink line ground to a halt yesterday morning, at 9.45am, after the woman was hit by a fast train at platform three.