Shocking moment a baby is placed in the middle of a busy train track in Fremantle to get a photo

A shocking photo has emerged of a baby sitting in the middle of train tracks while its photo was taken. 

An image uploaded to Twitter shows the baby sitting on the tracks while a person more than a metre away took a photo.

Another person is seen standing adjacent to the baby and the photographer, while a third person is standing by a pram, metres away at a crossing. 

A photo has emerged on social media of a baby sitting in the middle of train tracks in Fremantle, Western Australia so its photo could be taken 

The image of the incident, which was captured in Fremantle, Western Australia, was posted to The Bell Tower Times Twitter account.

‘Now trending on Instagram: babies on train tracks. Spotted in Freo (Steve C),’ the caption, which accompanied the photo, read. 

Some Twitter users said the tracks where the baby had been placed were not in use anymore.  

‘Not the point I suppose if they didn’t know, but no train goes through there does it? It’s after the Freo station,’ one said.

Another wrote: ‘Good thing the train doesn’t work anymore’.     

The Public Transport Authority last year issued a warning over taking images on train tracks, amid a surge of photographers staging such photos.

The West Australian reported a warning sign had been placed at level crossings to warn of the dangers as it was ‘dangerous and illegal’.  

‘Being on the tracks or within the rail reserve, without a permit and other than for traversing a pedestrian crossing, is classified as trespassing,’ PTA communications manager David Hynes said. 

Twitter users reacted to the image of the baby on the train tracks, which was uploaded to The Bell Tower Times Twitter account 

Twitter users reacted to the image of the baby on the train tracks, which was uploaded to The Bell Tower Times Twitter account 



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