NJ Transit spokeswoman Penny Bassett Hackett says Train 6600 had left Dover station at 4:30 a.m. with about 70 passengers aboard when it struck the person around 5 a.m.
The passengers were transferred to another train.
There were delays of up to an hour on the Morris & Essex Line between Dover and Hoboken and Dover and New York's Penn Station.
The death remains under investigation.
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