Rail worker removing rubbish from track nearly hit by 60mph train

A rail worker removing rubbish from train tracks narrowly avoided being hit by a train, an investigation has found (RAIB/PA)

A rail worker removing rubbish from train tracks narrowly avoided being hit by a train, an investigation has found.

The Network Rail employee scrambled back onto the platform at Rowlands Castle station, Hampshire just one second before a non-stopping South Western Railway train passed through, according to a report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB).