Police are today working to identifiy a man who died when he was hit by a train near West Malling station.

Officers from Kent Police and the British Transport Police were called at just after 3.30pm yesterday when someone was struck by a train.

Ambulance crews also attended, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

A file is being prepared for the coroner, but the circumstances of the man's death are not thought to be suspicious.

The spot where the man was hit by a train near West Malling

Southeastern said Go Coach had put on replacement buses as trains were cancelled.

A BTP spokesman said: "The incident was also attended by Kent Police officers and is currently being treated as non-suspicious."