A bicyclist died after she was hit by a Metro light rail train Monday while she was crossing the tracks downtown, officials said.

The woman, who is believed to be a college student, got off the northbound train at the Main platform about 8 a.m. and walked her bicycle to the end of the platform near Walker, said Jerome Gray, a Metro spokesman. The woman got onto her bicycle and was riding westbound across the tracks in or near the pedestrian crosswalk at the corner when the train collided with her, Gray said. The train operator, Gray added, was blowing the horn.