Police are appealing for information after an armed robbery at a service station near Fairfield today.

About 2.30am (Tuesday 9 September 2014) police were called to the corner of Smithfield Road and Myrtle Street, Prairiewood.

They have been told a man, armed with an iron bar, smashed at the main entry doors and demanded money from the console operator who complied.

The man ran from the location towards Fairfield Showground and was seen to get into a vehicle, described as a dark blue or green Toyota RAV4.

The man has been described as about 168cm tall, with a slim build wearing a grey coloured hooded jumper and sky blue track pants.

No one was injured.