Two children have narrowly avoided injury after almost being struck by a train this evening.

A shipping container weighing about 2.3 tonnes was hit by a midnight train after it was blown onto the main trunk railway at Otahuhu in the storm at the weekend.

A transport watchdog has found that the train that ploughed into a digger driver leaving him with severe brain injuries was not at fault.

Sparks were flying off a freight train moments before a wagon derailed, partially blocking SH1 in Clinton, a witness says.

A train has derailed in South Otago this evening, blocking the state highway.

A woman whose vehicle was struck by a train at an Auckland level crossing yesterday was rushing to the airport, a witness says.

A person has died after an incident at Henderson train station.

Witness says driver beeped horn and tried to stop.

A person has died after being struck by a freight train in Mid Canterbury this morning.

A KiwiRail train driver has been stood down from duties after a near miss with a child at Levin Railway Station.

A woman who was killed by a train in West Auckland discharged herself from hospital shortly before her death.

Train services to West Auckland have been given the all-clear to run as normal after a woman was hit by a train near Corban Estate.

The toddler fell as the slow-moving train went over one of the steepest areas of the 3km track, dubbed the Upper Spiral.

Police are conducting a scene examination after a man was hit by a train and killed in Canterbury.

A man in a wheelchair was killed when he was struck by a freight train on the Kapiti Coast this morning.

Investigations are continuing today after a passenger train clipped a vehicle at a private rail crossing near on the Kapiti Coast.

More than 300 people were injured when two passenger trains crashed in South Africa yesterday.

A teenager charged after train surfing in Wellington has been made to meet a woman who lost her limbs in a train crash.

Police believe they know the identity of a pedestrian who died when he was hit by a train in Auckland this morning.

Two Auckland passenger trains are being investigated for running red lights within a 12-hour period.

A car was left wedged in the lounge of a house in Taylorville after a crash just after midnight this morning.

A 24-year-old man killed by a train at an Auckland station was texting friends minutes before he died just metres from his apartment.

There are calls for improvements at the rail crossing in Morningside, Auckland after a man was hit by a train last night.

Some train services have come to a halt and roads are closed after a man was hit and killed by a train in Auckland.

A man killed by a steam train did not realise how close it was because he was looking at it through a camera lens.

A train hit a pole in Lower Hutt last night and brought down overhead cables at the Ava Station.

Police are trying to determine the identity of a person who was hit by a train in South Auckland this morning.

A Te Kuiti teen "with a great attitude" died while crossing the Te Kuiti railway line as he went to get help for a friend injured at the nearby skate park.