AN inquest has been opened into the death of a man found on a Bolton railway line.

Peter Gerrard Woodcock, aged 35, was found on a stretch of line at Lostock train station, on November 21.

Emergency services attended the scene at around 12.20pm but the man, who is believed to have links to Edgworth, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The inquest into his death was opened on November 29 and adjourned until next year.