A WOMAN was injured after being hit by a Huddersfield-bound train.

Emergency services personnel rescued the 47-year-old woman from the track at Dewsbury railway station yesterday afternoon.

She was flown by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary with “severe” head injuries at about 4pm, but was last night thought to be in a “stable condition”.

Rail services running through Huddersfield, Mirfield, Batley, Dewsbury, and Ravensthorpe were delayed for up to 50 minutes.

And Dewsbury station was closed for an hour.

A British Transport Police spokesman said: “BTP officers attended Dewsbury railway station after receiving reports of a woman being struck by a train at 3.13pm yesterday.

“The injured woman, from Dewsbury, was treated at the scene by the Yorkshire ambulance service.

“She was then taken to Leeds General Infirmary by air ambulance with head injuries where her condition has been described as stable.

“Officers are working to establish the exact circumstances of the incident which is not being treated as suspicious.

“The station was closed for a short time while emergency services dealt with the incident which resulted in delays to a number of services in the area.

“The lines were handed back to Network Rail at 4.07pm.”

The Air Ambulance managed to land in the car park outside the railway station.

Dewsbury fire service Watch Commander Richard Carr said: “We cannot confirm how it has happened but there is due to be a full investigation about how this occurred.

“We were alerted that somebody was trapped under the train.

“However when we arrived at the scene, we discovered that she was not trapped and we were able to pull her out from underneath the train.

“She did have quite severe head injuries.”