Police were called to Moor Bridge crossing at around 1.10pm following the incident.
An East Midlands Trains spokesman said that train services between Nottingham and Mansfield were disrupted.
The incident involved the 12.37pm Mansfield Woodhouse to Nottingham service.
It is the same tram and rail crossing where teenager Lindsey Inger was hit by a tram in November and where Jean Hoggart and her grandson Michael Dawson died four years ago.