SERVICES were disrupted today after a man was struck and killed by a train.
The man is thought to have jumped in front of a train from a platform at Beckenham Junction station at 6.19am.
British Transport Police attended the incident and are treating it as suicide.
The train involved was the 4.36am Ramsgate to Victoria service.
London Buses transported passengers between Bromley South and Denmark Hill. Passengers were also permitted to use the London Underground network.
The line reopened at 7.33am and as a result more than 40 trains were delayed or diverted until after 9am. The most extensive delay was a 48-minute wait for one service.
A South Eastern Trains spokesman said: "We naturally extend our sympathies to the friends and relatives of the individual concerned.
"The situation is being investigated by the police and we apologise for the delays and disruption inevitably caused to our passengers while this incident was being dealt with."
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