Woman Killed In Fire On Commuter Train
A woman killed when a fire broke out in a toilet on a commuter train is believed to have committed suicide.
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British Transport Police (BTP) said the 43-year-old was travelling on the London-bound train at around 5pm when the blaze occurred.
Another passenger alerted the conductor to the fire on the London Midland-operated service, which had left Northampton at 4.25pm.
The train pulled into Leighton Buzzard station in Bedfordshire where the other passengers alighted safely. No one else was hurt.
A spokeswoman for BTP said: "The deceased woman has injuries consistent with burns.
"No other person is believed to have been involved in the incident and it is not being treated as an accident."
Overhead power lines on the busy West Coast main line were switched off for a time as BTP, firefighters and the ambulance service attended the scene.
London Midland initially put on bus services to replace trains.
West Coast operator Virgin Trains had its rush-hour services badly disrupted and delays
continued into the night.
:: Anyone feeling emotionally distressed or suicidal can call Samaritans for help on 08457 90 90 90 or email jo@samaritans.org.
File photograph of a  train. 
A passenger was killed Monday evening after a fire started in a washroom aboard a train near , in , England. Emergency services were called to the  train, where they found the body of a female passenger who had suffered burns.

 confirmed one female individual was killed in the blaze. A spokesperson said: "The deceased woman has injuries consistent with burns, no other person is believed to have been involved in the incident. Officers from the fire and 
ambulance services are on the scene."

The fire has caused serious disruption to trains on the . A spokesperson for  said they were attempting to reopen two of the four tracks on the line as London Midland scrambled to organise a replacement bus service.

London Midland said no-one else was injured in the incident. "The fire appeared to have been in the toilet," a spokesperson said. "A passenger reported the fire to a conductor. All the other passengers got off safely."


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