Lifesaving defibrillator being installed at Loughborough Station

"With many thousands of people passing through our stations each day, they are ideal places to install a defibrillator."

East Midlands Railway have confirmed that Loughborough is one of 22 railway stations that will be fitted with a defibrillator.

Each defibrillator comes with step-by-step instructions built into the unit which explain how to use it should someone have a cardiac arrest.

Station adopters and local community rail partnerships put forward their stations as locations for the life-saving devices.

Donna Adams, Community Engagement Manager, said: "Each second counts when someone has a cardiac arrest. With many thousands of people passing through our stations each day, they are ideal places to install a defibrillator.

"We are pleased to be able to contribute to such an important project and bring such vital equipment to communities right across the region we serve."

Defibrillators work by analysing people’s heart rhythms to find out whether an electric shock is needed.