The man was struck by the non-stopping Gatwick Express which passed through Clapham Junction
An elderly man has died after being hit by a train at Clapham Junction station on Saturday.
The man was struck by the non-stopping Gatwick Express train at about 12.40pm on September 21.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics and the death is being treated as non-suspicious.
A spokeswoman from the London Ambulance Service said: "We sent one of our ambulance crews, a motorcycle responder a single responder in a car and a duty officer.
"Sadly the patient was dead at the scene."
Paramedics also treated a man for shock who witnessed it happen.
Trains were disrupted for about 90 minutes following the incident.
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