A MAN has died after being hit by a train on a Scottish railway line.

ScotRail announced this afternoon that someone had been struck on the tracks between Kilmarnock and Dumfries.

Services between the two towns were temporarily halted as emergency services attended the scene. 

A ScotRail spokesperson said: "Sadly, a person has been struck by a train between Kilmarnock and Dumfries.

"The emergency services are on their way, no trains will be able to run between these stations for now."

It was later added that the line had reopened.

British Transport Police confirmed that the man hit by the train was pronounced dead.

A spokesperson said: "British Transport Police were called to the line near Cumnock at 4.42pm yesterday (2 March) following reports of a casualty on the tracks.

"Paramedics also attended, however sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene.

"This incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the Procurator Fiscal."