Adelaide Metro trains disrupted after Pennington woman killed at Alberton Train Station

Witnesses have recalled upsetting scenes after a woman was killed while crossing the tracks in a train crash at Alberton.

A passenger has recalled hearing a thud before the train he was riding stopped in a tragic accident that cost the life of a woman crossing the tracks at Alberton.

Aiden McIlduff was on the back carriage when he heard the noise at the front of the train just before 12pm Tuesday.

“The brakes came on pretty quick and you sort of instantly wonder what’s going on,” he said.

“When I saw someone laying on the tracks and then all of a sudden there’s cops walking down the tracks.”

The Pennington woman, 62, was killed after being struck by the train at Alberton Train Station.

Dozens of emergency service vehicles rushed to the station, according to witness Theo Goldsworthy-Hess, 21.

He said he was on the train going to university when it stopped suddenly.

Police are at the scene of an incident at the Alberton railway station where a pedestrian has been hit by a train.
Boom gates are down at the Fussell Place crossing and trains have been stopped in both directions.
Please avoid the area if possible. pic.twitter.com/B0yJWm1qiw

— South Australia Police (@SAPoliceNews) May 17, 2022

Police are at the scene of an incident at the Alberton railway station where a pedestrian has been hit by a train. Picture: Tom Huntley

“Nobody really noticed anything for about five minutes then I just saw a police officer sprinting alongside the train,” he said.

“Then I looked down and there was a person on the ground.”

Train services were interrupted on Tuesday. Picture: Tom Huntley

“We were advised there’d been an incident and from where we were on the train you could see what was going on,” he said.

Around 25 passengers were made to wait on the train for up to an hour before they were allowed to disembark.

“We had to climb down from the train onto the tracks,” Mr McIlduff said.

“I was fine but it was a bit tricky for the elderly.”

Boom gates were down at Fussell Place crossing and trains were stopped in both directions until services resumed on Tuesday afternoon when the scene was deemed safe.

Replacement buses were organised for passengers while services were disrupted.

Witnesses were offered counselling after the incident.

Police will prepare a report for the coroner.