Officers were pictured at the scene of the tragedy on Friday morning, together with Network Rail officials. Flowers in tribute to the two lives lost are being left at the scene.
A passenger who got off a train at the station in Poynton on Friday told the Manchester Evening News the double tragedy was ‘devastating’.
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She said: “It’s just devastating. I have teenage children myself, including a 16-year-old boy. It just brings it so close to home.”
No further details surrounding the circumstances or what police suspect happened have been revealed.
Police confirmed the teenagers were pronounced dead at the scene ‘despite the best efforts of paramedics’. A file of evidence is now being prepared for a coroner ahead of inquests opening.
A British Transport Police spokesperson said: “Officers were called at around 10.10pm last night (3 July) to reports of a casualty on the tracks near Poynton railway station.
“Officers attended with paramedics. Very sadly and despite the best efforts of paramedics two 16-year-old boys were both pronounced dead at the scene.
“The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.” No further details have been revealed.
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