The driver of the 125mph train had to apply the emergency brakes
Network Rail has issued a warning to parents after CCTV captured footage of a group of children playing on the railway in Oxfordshire. The shocking footage shows the children playing and dancing on a level crossing at Wantage Road, Grove, just inches away from a passing high-speed train.
The CCTV shows two children standing on the tracks as the train approaches before one is seen retreating behind a barrier while the other starts dancing as the train speeds past just a couple of meters away. Two other people then approach the children before the group cross the tracks to the other side.
Alison Kramer, Network Rail’s Community Safety Manager, said: “The behaviour of the children captured by CCTV is really shocking and reckless. The railway is not a playground and what they are doing is extremely dangerous. Richard Pedley, Network Rail’s Western route level crossing manager, said: “It is crucial that the level crossing is only used as a means of getting across the railway, and under no circumstances should people loiter, or play on crossings and put their lives at risk of being struck by a train.”
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