A person has died after being hit by a train, police have confirmed. 

Great Anglia confirmed on Friday evening that services between Ipswich and Stowmarket were cancelled due to an incident between the two stations. 

A spokesman for the British Transport Police said: "Officers were called to a report of a casualty on the tracks at 8.50pm on Friday near Needham Market Railway Station.

"Officers and paramedics attended and sadly a person was pronounced dead.

"The incident is not thought to be suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner."

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