By Jonathan Coles

This shocking footage shows a reckless teenager 'playing chicken' at a level crossing - only moving out of the way of a high-speed train at the last second.

Network Rail has released the footage during the half-term holidays to highlight the dangers of playing on the railway to young people.

The security camera was recorded at a level crossing north of Diss station in Norfolk earlier this month.

Network Rail said trains can travel at up to 100mph on that part of the line.

Shenel Bullock, Network Rail Anglia’s health and safety manager, said: “The young person in the CCTV video came to no harm thankfully, and we wanted to share the footage to highlight just one example of the incredibly dangerous behaviour that we see all too often on level crossings.

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