Woman ‘pushed onto tracks’ at busy station as man arrested for attempted murder
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was allegedly pushed onto train tracks.
The alleged victim was rushed to hospital following the incident at Hyndland Station in Glasgow at around 6.30pm on Saturday.
A British Transport Police spokesperson said: ‘Officers were called to Hyndland station at approximately 6.30pm today following reports of a man pushing a woman onto the tracks.
‘A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The victim was taken to hospital as a precaution but, fortunately, is not believed to have been seriously injured.’
Police are appealing for witnesses.
ScotRail bosses said trains through the station were cancelled, delayed or revised as a result of emergency services attending.
A Network Rail spokesperson said: ‘We’ve now reopened the railway in both directions at Hyndland.
‘Our integrated control team are now working hard to get Scotrail’s trains and crews back into position, to get trains running normally again ASAP.’
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