Celebrities back rail campaign

Hurdler Dai Greene is backing the campaign. Credit: Network Rail

Olympic athletes are backing a new campaign to stop people trespassing on railway lines.

It comes after 17 people in the Thames Valley were almost hit over the last 12 months, according to official figures from Network Rail.

88% of those who die on train tracks as a result of trespassing in the last 10 years were male, with over a third aged between 18 and 25.

Now Network Rail has teamed up with British and World 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene in an online video which highlights the dangers to young men. See the full video here: