Trains delayed by fatal accident

Police clean the rail track near the Avondale Train Station after a person was killed by a train there this morning. Photo / Greg Bowker

A person has been hit and killed by a train in Auckland this morning.

Emergency services were called to Avondale Train Station just after 7am, a police spokesman said.

Train service were majorly impacted on the western line this morning but were expected to be back to normal by lunch time.

Auckland Transport spokeswoman Sharon Hunter described the fatality as a "tragic event".

"Trains are back and running on the western line again and hopefully will only be delays for the next hour."