SEPTA rail line service resumes after fatal accident on tracks at Montgomery County station.

Jo Ciavaglia, Bucks County Courier Times
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Update: The SEPTA Doylestown Regional Rail Line was reopened with full service on Tuesday afternoon, according to a transit agency spokesman. No additional information on the accident was immediately available.

The SEPTA Regional Rail Line in Doylestown is suspended until further notice Tuesday following a fatality on the tracks.

A train on the rail line struck and killed a pedestrian around 8 a.m. at the Penllyn station in Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, SEPTA spokesman John Golden said.

Police are investigating a pedestrian death on a SEPTA rail line in Doylestown.
Police are investigating a pedestrian death on a SEPTA rail line in Doylestown.

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The transit agency is using shuttle buses to take passengers who were on the train to the closest public transportation station, Golden said.

Details about the accident, including the identity of the victim, were not immediately available.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: SEPTA Doylestown rail line resumes service after a fata; accident Tuesday.