Wellington, March 12 NZPA - Lower Hutt police are investigating an attempted rape at a train station this morning.

Pomare railway station on Eastern Hutt Road was closed to the public after the alleged attack at 7am, a central police communications spokesman told NZPA.

There have so far been no arrests, but Lower Hutt CIB were investigating the incident.

The station had reopened by 7.45am, the spokesman said.