A woman was struck by a train at Sydney Parade in Dublin this afternoon.

An Irish Rail spokesperson told Independent.ie that the woman was struck by the 15.00 DART service from Malahide to Greystones.

Emergency services attended the scene and DART and other rail services were suspended for a time.

The woman has been taken to St Vincent's Hospital but there was no information available regarding her condition.

Update: DART services operating between Howth/Malahide and Lansdowne Road only due to an incident in Sydney Parade. Dublin Bus are accepting tickets. Knock on delays of other services can be expected. — IarnrÃ³d Ãireann #StaySafe #HoldFirm (@IrishRail) November 17, 2017

Update: DART services operating between Howth/Malahide and Lansdowne Road and between Dunlaoghaire to Greystones only. Dublin Bus accepting tickets. Knock on delays also to Northern Commuter and Maynooth services — IarnrÃ³d Ãireann #StaySafe #HoldFirm (@IrishRail) November 17, 2017

#DUBLIN Level crossing on Sydney Parade Ave closed due to an incident at DART station. Divert from Merrion Rd via the Merrion Gates and from Strand Rd via Park Rd. https://t.co/ipFDM8svNY — AA Roadwatch (@aaroadwatch) November 17, 2017

Update: Ongoing disruption to services following incident at Sydney Parade, Emergency Services still on site, DARTs operating between Howth/Malahide and Lansdowne Rd and between Dunlaoghaire to Greystones only. Dublin Bus accepting tickets. — IarnrÃ³d Ãireann #StaySafe #HoldFirm (@IrishRail) November 17, 2017

#DUBLIN The level crossing on Sydney Parade Ave has reopened to traffic following an incident at the DART station. https://t.co/ipFDM8svNY — AA Roadwatch (@aaroadwatch) November 17, 2017

Update: All services resuming through Sydney Parade following earlier incident, delays of 30+mins which will ease throughout the evening. — IarnrÃ³d Ãireann #StaySafe #HoldFirm (@IrishRail) November 17, 2017

Update: Services have resumed through Sydney Parade following earlier incident, DART/Commuter services operating with delays of +30mins which will ease, Connolly/Rosslare service has departed a few mins ago. — IarnrÃ³d Ãireann #StaySafe #HoldFirm (@IrishRail) November 17, 2017

A garda spokesperson told Independent.ie that an incident took place at around 3.45pm and that they attended the scene.

Local diversions were put in place on Merrion Road for a time.

At 5.45pm AA Roadwatch confirmed that the level crossing at Sydney Parade Avenue has reopened to traffic.

Irish Rail have also confirmed that services have resumed, though there are delays of 30 minutes.

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