Latest: Services to and from Heuston resume following 'tragic incident'

Latest: Irish Rail says services to and from Heuston station in Dublin have resumed but delays remain.

Update 4.42pm: Irish Rail says services to and from Heuston station in Dublin have resumed but delays remain.

It comes after a woman died on the tracks just north of Sallins station earlier today.

Services were suspended while emergency services attended the scene.

Earlier: Major delays to trains at Heuston Station following ’tragic incident’

Hundreds of commuters are having their travel plans disrupted as there are no trains leaving Heuston Station in Dublin at present.

Irish Rail says it is due to a tragic incident on the line north of Sallins station.

Emergency services are at the scene.

Iarnrod Éireann spokesman Barry Kenny says a train travelling from Galway to Heuston struck and fatally injured a woman on the Sallins station line.

All services suspended through Sallins, emergency services attending tragic incident on line north of station. All services to/from Heuston disrupted until further notice.

— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) January 5, 2018

Emergency services attending tragic incident on line north of Sallins station. All services to/from Heuston disrupted until further notice.Significant delays expected.

— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) January 5, 2018

Update: Ongoing disruption to services through Sallins as all services suspended due to a tragic incident on the line, emergency services attending, significant delays are expected, updates to follow.

— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) January 5, 2018

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