Not a safe place to walk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe call comes out on the radio \u201cAll trains stop.\u00a0 Trespasser on the tracks\u201d and everybody\u2019s heart sinks.\u00a0 There are several disturbed individuals, known to us all, who get a kick out of disrupting trains and who despite being banned from railway property, return again and again to trespass where they can create the most havoc.<\/p>\n
But this is not one of them.\u00a0 15 minutes later the trains start again, and railway security are lecturing a slim man out in the front of the station about the dangers of walking on the track.\u00a0 Apparently, he \u201coverstayed\u201d last night in one of the trains, woke up in the yards and alarmed some poor train driver by walking out along the tracks this morning. The guy is let go with a warning and the trains start again.\u00a0 He goes over the Woollies opposite and treats himself to a hot potato gem breakfast (I know this because he comes back to the station to eat it) I suspect the \u201coverstay\u201d is no accident \u2013 someone looking for a safe place to sleep.\u00a0 Though it\u2019s a mystery how he managed it.\u00a0 Station staff check every carriage for sleeping bodies before the trains go into the yards and there is nowhere inside to hide.<\/p>\n
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