The alarm was raised and police were deployed after children were reportedly seen sitting on live train tracks.
West Mercia Police's Oswestry Rural North Safer Neighbourhood Team received a report from the British Transport Police of a number of children who were sitting on live railway tracks in Gobowen just before 5.30pm on Thursday.PCSO David Hughes said:"At 5.
22pm this evening we received a report from British Transport Police that a number of children were sitting on the live tracks in the Gobowen area."We are requesting that parents locally please advise their children of the dangers of trespassing onto active railway lines – it's an offence and highly dangerous."Network Rail has said that when someone is seen trespassing, all trains have to be stopped in the vicinity to remove trespassers, check for damage and remove any blockages.
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