British Transport Police has released images from CCTV of a young man and his friends ‘train surfing’ in Accrington, Lancashire.
Officers have been shown CCTV images which show a young man hanging from the driver’s door of a train leaving the station.
It seems the men had no intention of getting on the train, they simply wanted to ‘surf’ along the platform.
PC John Phillips, of BTP, said:
“It is hard to believe that anyone, let alone grown men, could be so mindless as to try to surf off the side of a train.
“Whilst they seem to have no care for their own safety, they are clearly risking their lives as it would only take a minor slip for them to fall between the train and the platform.
“If the danger isn’t a deterrent then I hope the threat of police action might be.
“Those who survive this type of incident can rest assured that BTP will do everything possible to trace them and put them before the courts.
“We simply will not tolerate any behaviour which puts lives at risk. The railway is not a playground and should not be treated as such.”
PC Phillips added: “I am now calling on anyone who recognises the men pictured to come forward.
“This is a serious offence and I will continue to investigate until the men are located.”
