A toddler has died after being struck by a freight train near Narrabri in New South Wales.

Emergency services were called to Baranbah Street in the tiny village of Baan Baa in the state’s north at 7.50pm on Friday.

The one-year-old girl was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics at the scene before being taken to hospital, where she died.

Officers from Oxley police district were told the child was walking along the road before being clipped by the train.

The 22-year-old train driver was uninjured, but taken to hospital for mandatory testing.

Police established a crime scene and a report would be prepared for the coroner.

Fewer than 50 families live in the town, according to the last census, located about 500km north-west of Sydney.