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Commuters experienced significant delays Friday morning after a fatal pedestrian collision with a train at McKernan/Belgravia LRT station.

The collision occurred just after 7 a.m. Friday. The involved train was held in place at McKernan/Belgravia station and partly blocked 76 Avenue, said Edmonton Transit Service spokesman Rowan Anderson.

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Edmonton Fire Rescue Services spokeswoman Brittany Lewchuk said one person died. Edmonton police took over the investigation.

“We have to single track around that train, so that causes huge backups and delays for basically across the system,” said Anderson.

He said each train had to wait for the oncoming one to clear safely before proceeding.

“There’s a whole lot of trains just waiting on the tracks.”

Anderson said a replacement bus service was in place between University station and South Campus station to help people get around the affected area.

The Metro Line is affected as well, Anderson said. “They normally run from NAIT station all the way to Century Park. Those are only running from NAIT station to Health Sciences (station).”

EPS spokesman Scott Pattison said the collision has been deemed non-criminal.