A teenager has been caught on camera dicing with death after he was filmed surfing on a train carriage in Sydney’s north.
The boy was filmed on the moving carriage as it departed St Leonards Station about 11pm on Friday night, according to Nine News.
Nine reported that services were believed to have been disrupted as a result of the teens daring act, once the train stopped and he was spotted.
Sydney trains CEO Matt Longland told Nine about the danger the trains posed, weighing 400 tonnes and travelling up to 110km.
“All too often we see lives taken by people trespassing in the live rail corridor, risking their lives,” Mr Longland said.
“It only takes a train accelerating or braking quickly or for it to move close to infrastructure for someone to be knocked onto the tracks.”
Mr Longland said Sydney Trains was working closely with NSW Police to deter “buffer-riding”, following a crackdown earlier this year.
The dangerous and illegal act involves a person clinging onto the back of a train while it travels, and can result in death.
Eleven people are believed to have died due to illegal trespassing onto rail corridors in the past five years.
Train bosses told Nine News in March the rate of incidents had climbed by more than 13 per cent since 2021.
Sydney Trains has since deployed CCTV cameras to catch and track people who are found to have been “buffer-riding”.
Penalties for trespassing in rail corridors can exceed $550, and rise to $5500 for trespassing on the Sydney Trains network.
Passengers can report buffer riding to staff on trains or at stations.