UPDATE 2.45PM: METRO Trains has resumed all services to South Morang after a train collided with a car at Reservoir level crossing about 9am this morning.

The train service recommenced about midday after being suspended for about three hours as a result of the accident.

UPDATE 11.05AM: POLICE have warned motorists to take better care around level crossings after a peak-hour accident that injured one woman and has caused trains to be cancelled on the South Morang line.

Leading Senior-Constable John Bateman from Epping Highway Patrol said the accident at the Reservoir junction crossing was the result of what started as a minor “nose to tail” collision between two cars at about 9am.

media_camera A train collided with a car at Reservoir this morning.

He said the two drivers got out of their vehicles to exchange details, leaving the rear car still on the tracks.

Leading Sen-Constable Bateman said the train collided with the car, causing it to spin into one of the drivers — a woman aged in her 40s — standing by the tracks.

He said she had sustained serious bruising and grazing and had been taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

media_camera A train collided with a car at Reservoir level crossing this morning.

“This could all have been avoided if the two people had moved their cars into a safer space before exchanging numbers,” Leading Sen-Constable Bateman said.

“For anyone who is in a similar accident, please move to safe location before exchanging details.”

Train services between Bell and Keon Park stations are suspended indefinitely.

Earlier:

A TRAIN and a car have collided at the notorious Reservoir level crossing, suspending services on the South Morang train line.

Metro spokeswoman Larissa Tait said replacement buses were running between Bell and Keon Park stations, with no estimated time for when normal services would resume.

She said there was no information on whether anyone involved in the accident had sustained injuries.

media_camera Atrain collided with a car at Reservoir this morning. Pictures Angie Basekis

The High St, Reservoir crossing is ranked 16th on the RACV’s priority list for removal.

The ALP state opposition has promised to remove the crossing if it wins office at the November state election.