THE woman who died after she was hit by a train last week has been named.

Juliet Bergqvist, of Oakridge Lynch, was struck by a train at around 8.15am last Thursday as the 7.50am from Swindon to Gloucester came through.

The circumstances around the 51-year-old’s death are unknown but police are not treating it as suspicious.

The inquest was opened yesterday (Wednesday) and has been adjourned until July 26 while enquires take place.

A train-full of travellers were left stranded as British Transport Police cleared the busy commuter line.

A villager described a busy scene, with around a dozen people from the emergency services supported by a police helicopter, which was hovering over the track.

Original reports from transport police said the person killed was a man, but they later revealed it was a woman.

A woman living next to the track, who asked not to be named, said: “The first we knew about it was a helicopter coming over. Everyone’s wondering how it happened – the train track around here is very accessible in some places.”

A spokesman for British Transport Police said: “We were called to the line at Frampton Mansell, Stroud, at 8.15am on March 3 following reports of a person being struck by a train.

“Officers from British Transport Police and Gloucestershire Constabulary attended along with the South Western Ambulance Service, and a 51-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene. “The woman’s death is not being treated as suspicious and her family have been informed.

“A file will be prepared for the Coroner.”

In May 2014 a passenger train struck a man as he rode his motorbike across a crossing. He was the last of a group of three riders who had reached the level crossing along an unsurfaced track leading from a minor road near the village of Sapperton.

A Rail Accident Investigation Branch investigation found the group did not notice warning signs - described as ‘non-attention grabbing - or hear the train’s horn as it approached because of their full face helmets.