Man hit by train

A Bendigo man died after being hit by a train while attempting to cross the tracks at Kyneton Railway Station on Wednesday.

A man died after he was hit by a train at Kyneton Railway Station on Wednesday night. 

The 30-year-old Bendigo man was attempting to run across the tracks at 5.50pm when he was clipped by the train and thrown with force into a fence on the other side, Kyneton Police Senior Constable Willmott said.

He had jumped the pedestrian gate in an effort to reach the other platform and board the train. 

The V/Line train was an express service from Melbourne to Bendigo, not stopping at Kyneton.

The man was taken by air ambulance to the Alfred Hospital where he later died.

The peak-hour train service was detained for 2.5 hours.