A WOMAN has been taken to hospital with leg injuries after being hit byu a train.

Emergency services were called to Bexhill Railway station at 6.27am following reports that a person had been struck by a train. 

Southern Railway said the line between Eastbourne and Hastings was closed as a result of the incident.

Paramedics from South East Coast Ambulance Service were called and treated a woman for a leg injury. 

She was taken to hospital for further treatment.

A British Transport Police spokesman said the incident is not being treated as suspicious.

At 8.14am, Southern tweeted that lines in both directions had been reopened.