A woman who committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a train at Liss had been tormented all her life by the memory of her father who had died in the same way, an inquest was told.
The body of 48-year-old Janet Bone was found by the side of the Portsmouth to Waterloo line at Andlers Ash Road on February 6.
Portsmouth coroner David Horsley was told that her death would have been instantaneous after she was hit by a Portsmouth
-bound train travelling at between 50mph and 60mph.
He said: "Quite clearly, she struggled with mental health problems for a long time; possibly, given her father's death, these problems will have gone way back into childhood.
"I think she wanted to, and has in fact, taken her own life while suffering from a psychiatric illness."
Mrs Bone, a care worker from Kimberley Road in Southsea, was described by her family as a loving mother who had suffered with depression for years.
Her father had killed himself when she was three years old – a secret which Mrs Bone had withheld from her daughter Kellie until just a few weeks before her death.
Kellie told the inquest: "She said 'Did you know what my dad did? He threw himself in front of a train.' We always believed he had died from TB."
She said her mother's depression had got worse since 2004.
On February 5, she had visited her mother and they went for a stroll along Southsea seafront.
"When I drove off she did not say goodbye.
"She just stared, which I did find quite weird," said Kellie.
Justin Cowley, who was Mrs Bone's lodger, said he spoke to her a few hours before her death and she seemed 'cheery'.
On February 5, Mrs Bone's black Fiat car was seen in Andlers Ash Road, and at 9.45am the following day a passer-by saw her body by the railway line.
Her ex-husband, Ken Bone, said: "She was a very caring mother and grandmother.
"She just suffered with a very common illness which a lot of people have.
"It is not until you experience it for yourself that you realise how common it is."
