A BODY has been found by railway lines between Swindon and Didcot, a GWR spokesman has confirmed.
Rail company spokesman Paul Gentleman told BBC Wiltshire that emergency services were responding to the incident near Uffington.
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The incident has seen rail journeys cancelled from Swindon station. Other services have been re-routed.
Mr Gentleman said GWR was trying to put on road transport for passengers stranded at Swindon. Disruption is expected to last until around 9.30am.
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