{"id":671469,"date":"2026-09-04T02:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/671469\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T02:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:17:10","slug":"emergency-services-at-scene-after-train-collides-with-car-in-co-mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/671469\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency services at scene after train collides with car in Co Mayo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A TRAIN AND a car have collided at a level crossing in Co Mayo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Irish Rail said the 6.15pm Heuston to Westport service struck the vehicle at a user-operated level crossing at Ballyhaunis shortly before 9pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency services are responding to attend to a number of occupants of the car,\u201d Irish Rail said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed said they are currently at the scene of the \u201cserious traffic incident\u201d. The road is closed with local diversions in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Westport services will not operate following an incident at Ballyhaunis, where a vehicle has collided with a train.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services and railway personnel are attending.<\/p>\n<p>Services to\/from Westport can expect significant disruption in the morning. -AD <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gvvZxlNAB3\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/gvvZxlNAB3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iarnr\u00f3d \u00c9ireann (@IrishRail) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IrishRail\/status\/2095617510942949503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a statement on social media, Irish Rail said Westport services are not operating tonight and the train will not be moved due to the collision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It advised commuters that the service is currently not anticipated to resume in the morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur teams are working to arrange bus transfers for those on board, and the line will be closed until further notice to facilitate the emergency services\u2019 response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It advised passengers on the train to remain onboard and follow the directions of staff and garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after a man was hospitalised earlier today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/train-tractor-collision-7151928-Sep2026\/?utm_source=thejournal&amp;utm_content=top-stories\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">when a train collided with a tractor<\/a> in Tullamore, Co Offaly.<\/p>\n<p>Irish Rail said the incident happened at around 3.50pm at a \u201cuser worked level crossing\u201d used by the man, who is a farmer, to access the lands either side of the track.<\/p>\n<p>The man was taken to hospital for treatment of injuries believed to be non-life-threatening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A TRAIN AND a car have collided at a level crossing in Co Mayo.\u00a0 Irish Rail said the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[278059,9,10,7878,18,13,14,6,19,17,13419,11,12,15,16,2354,5,7,8],"class_list":["post-671469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ballyhaunis","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-collision","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-rail","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-mayo","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117210372245134336","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}