WRAPUP 1-Soccer-Germany keeper Enke dies in apparent suicide

* Goalkeeper killed after being hit by express train

* First indications point to suicide, say police

* Was contender to make German team for 2010 World Cup

BERLIN, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Germany and Hanover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke has died after being hit by an express train in an apparent suicide near Hanover, local police said on Tuesday.

"First indications point to suicide," a media officer for the Lower Saxony police told Reuters before adding Enke's body was found at a train crossing in Neustadt am Ruebenberge near Hanover.

"At 1825 (1725GMT) he was run over by a regional express train running between Hamburg and Bremen," said police spokesman Stefan Wittke. "The train was travelling at the speed of 160-kph."

The player's friend and consultant Joerg Neblung told reporters: "I can confirm this is a case of suicide. He took his own life just before six (pm). There will be a press conference tomorrow with more details."

Enke, 32, won eight international caps and was in the running to play at the World Cup in South Africa next year.

The news left Germans reeling and stunned the national soccer federation (DFB).