Friends of the Rail Forum

Parisians waiting for a metro train at Miromesnil were astonished to see a man running along the tracks in a bid to escape inspectors.

Anyone who goes on the track is at serious risk of electrocution.

Trains were halted and the power was cut at six stations for half an hour on the busy line 9 shortly before midday.

The man fled towards a tunnel as inspectors pursued him along the station platform...