EVERY parent's nightmare came true for one couple at the weekend when their popular teenage son was found dead on a railway line after a night out with friends. And this week messages have been pouring in to Liphook man Tim Breach's family from his many friends. Liss-born Mr Breach, 19, was found dead on the line at Godalming railway station, Surrey, at 4.30am on Saturday. And friends have paid tribute to the bright, friendly teenager whose passions included Liverpool Football Club and Shakespeare and who was about to embark on an English literature degree at the University of Kent. It is still unclear how Tim came to be alone at Godalming station after midnight in the early hours of Saturday morning, but it is thought that he missed the last train home. His body was discovered when a train driver travelling south from Guildford to Portsmouth raised the alarm. A spokesman for British Transport Police said emergency services rushed to the scene and found the body of the teenager on the line. His injuries were consistent with having been struck by a train and the incident was not being treated as suspicious. Mr Breach's mother, Vanessa, said: "Tim had been out with his mates. He had many friends and often stayed over with them. So it wasn't unusual when I popped my head round his bedroom door on Saturday morning before I went to work and he wasn't there. "I thought he had stayed the night with a friend. Then (my husband) Ray arrived at work with the police." She said he had intended to meet friends he had been with at the Reading Festival the weekend before the tragedy and that she didn't know how he came to be alone at Godalming station. "He never went out on his own, he was always with friends, but for some reason he was at Godalming station and missed the last train. He used to ring his dad for a lift home. Ray would go all over the place for him." Mr Breach lived in Yeoman's Lane, Liphook, with his parents and his older sister and brother, Bethany and Alex. He attended Bohunt School and Alton College, finishing his A-Levels at South Downs College. This week, mum Vanessa paid tribute to her son: "Tim was highly intelligent and had just been confirmed a place at the University of Kent, where he was to study English literature. "Reading through the hundreds of tributes that have been received, it is obvious that Tim touched so many lives, always in the very best way, and he will never be forgotten. "His family and friends are devastated by the tragedy and wish to thank everyone for their condolences and messages of sympathy." Mr Breach's funeral takes place on Thursday, September 13, at 11am at Liphook Methodist Church with burial at Bramshott Church.
