Teenagers ride their bikes on 750 volt railways

Two teenagers were riding their bicycles along live railway tracks late at night. Footage taken by a resident whose house overlooks Adisham train station, near Canterbury, Kent, shows two bikes being ridden up and down the tracks by the youths.

David Orchard, 45, said it was remarkable that the two boys, believed to be in their late teens, escaped electrocution as they cycled by high-voltage lines.

Mr Orchard said: "How they managed to live to tell the tale I will never know. At one point one of them actually fell and their bike landed on the live rail.

"It was an incredibly dangerous thing to do considering those rails have 750 volts running through them when a train is on-line. "I was in total disbelief when I played back the footage.

"In 16 years of living here it is the most stupid act I’ve seen."

Mr Orchard, who set up the CCTV camera following episodes of anti-social behaviour, has passed the footage to the British Transport Police who have launched an investigation. Article here.