A MAN has died on a railway line near Romsey following reports of a person being hit by a train at the weekend.

South Western Railway (SWR) tweeted on Saturday night (March 6) to say emergency services were alerted to an incident between Eastleigh and Romsey.

British Transport Police (BTP) said officers were called to the line at 10.03pm following reports of a casualty on the tracks.

Now, BTP has confirmed paramedics attended the casualty, but a man was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

BTP stressed the incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.