Heartstopping moment man is nearly dragged to his death under train at station as warning issued to Christmas travellers
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This the heartstopping moment a man is dragged off his feet by an incoming train at a busy London station. In the shocking CCTV footage, released by Govia Thameslink, a man can be seen stood on a platform at London Blackfriars. He is precariously close to the track and well beyond the yellow line - where passengers are suppose to stand away from the tracks for their own safety.
![[As the train pulls into the station the man is knocked off his feet by the carriage and he is almost swept onto the railway track]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/11/93422827-14220989-image-m-8_1734953219365.jpg)
As the train pulls into the station the man is knocked off his feet by the carriage and he is almost swept onto the railway track. Instead, the train appears to clip his feet which spins the man around before fellow passengers rush to help the man as the clip abruptly ends.
![[Instead, the train appears clip his feet which spins the man around before fellow passengers can be seen rushing to help the man before the clip abruptly ends]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/11/93422819-14220989-Instead_the_train_appears_clip_his_feet_which_spins_the_man_arou-m-11_1734953317168.jpg)
It comes as commuters across the country are being urged to take extra care this Festive period following a year-on-year increase in accidents compared to last Christmas. According to Thameslink - which operates the UK's largest rail network, Thursday December 12 saw the highest number of passengers since pre-pandemic levels. This represented a 36 per cent increase.
![[David Blunkett, a Labour peer and former Home Secretary, said he was getting on a District Line train with his guide dog (pictured with Barley) at Westminster Tube last month when his feet slipped]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/11/92154847-14220989-Writing_in_The_Sun_on_Sunday_the_Labour_peer_said_he_was_getting-a-1_1734952770664.jpg)
That rise includes an increase in the number of trips, slips and falls since last Winter with intoxication believed to be a contributing factor. In the shocking CCTV footage, released by Govia Thameslink, a man can be seen stood on a platform at London Blackfriars where he is precariously close to the track.
![[Network Rail recently took to X to warn the public to stay alert at crossings and posted a horrifying compilation of incidents where people narrowly avoided being hit]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/11/93164309-14220989-In_one_video_a_young_man_and_woman_walked_across_a_track_which_h-a-2_1734952832497.jpg)
As the train pulls into the station the man is knocked off his feet by the carriage and he is almost swept onto the railway track. Instead, the train appears clip his feet which spins the man around before fellow passengers can be seen rushing to help the man before the clip abruptly ends.
![[More footage showed a lorry trying to cross as the barrier came down - which caught on the back of the vehicle and was dragged along the track]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/11/93164287-14220989-More_footage_showed_a_lorry_trying_to_cross_as_the_barrier_came_-a-4_1734952871142.jpg)
