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 man was killed in the early hours of this morning after being hit by a city-bound train in the Christchurch suburb of Belfast.

A person killed after being hit by a train near Palmerston North went unnoticed for two hours.

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.

The FBI is to investigate whether a train that derailed in Philadelphia last week had been shot at or struck by a projectile shortly before it crashed, killing eight passengers.

Authorities are still trying to identify a man who was struck and killed by a train in Auckland today.

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.

A teenage boy is dead after he was hit by a train near the Te Kuiti railway station last night, after playing at the local skate park.

Exactly a year to the day after a man died when he was struck by a steam train at Kokiri, train enthusiasts on Sunday were seen standing on or near train tracks for another steam train visit.