Safety may not be a glamorous subject, but we can never afford to take it for granted, especially when it comes to being safe on the railways.
This has been underlined particularly strongly this week as CCTV footage emerged of children as young as six running across railway tracks between platforms in Edinburgh. In one incident two boys aged about 10 missed being hit by a high-speed train by just a few seconds.
British Transport Police have issued a warning about the “illegal and potentially fatal consequences” of walking on railway lines – either at Wester Hailes or anywhere on the network.
Witnesses who have seen people on the line are being urged to come forward.
