Severe disruptions to Western rail service after passenger hit by train
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RAIL SERVICES BETWEEN THE WEST OF IRELAND AND HEUSTON STATION ARE SEVERELY DISRUPTED THIS EVENING AFTER A PERSON WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN AT PORTARLINGTON STATION.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON WHEN AN EMPTY TRAIN TRAVELLING FROM PORTLAOISE DEPOT HIT THE PERSON, AS THE TRAIN PASSED THROUGH PORTARLINGTON STATION.
MID WEST NEWS SPOKE TO JANE CREGAN, SPOKESPERSON FOR IARNROD EIREANN, A SHORT TIME AGO, WHO ADVISED PASSENGERS TO AVOID THE TRAIN THIS EVENING, IF POSSIBLE.
