Public Transport Worksheet Page 18
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20W O R K
Why must everyone keep off
S H E E T
the railway tracks?
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Warning
Passengers
Do not trespass
Do not touch
must not
the live rail
on the Railway
STAYING away from railway lines
cross the line
and staying alive is an important
Penalty £200
message that the British Transport
This signs means
This signs means
This signs means
Police give to children playing on or
near to tracks.
R e c e n t l y,
the
British
Tr a n s p o r t
Police’s “Q” train which travels around
Greater Manchester catching trespassers
on the tracks and warning them of the
risks, found a little girl and 2 young boys
dicing with death on the Rochdale line.
The children aged between 9 and 11,
had
been
placing stones on the
Manchester bound line and watching
them being crushed by the trains.
Their so-called fun could have turned
to tragedy had they not been found. The
three were taken aboard the train and
handed over to local police at the next
station before being taken home safely to
1. Read the newspaper article and answer the questions.
2. Write in your words what each sign means and then
their families.
a. What were the children doing?
match the sign with an event each is trying to stop.
The local newspaper, the Manchester
b. How old were the children?
Evening News is supporting the B.T.P in
c. How were they caught by the police?
3. Design a warning sign which shows the dangers of
this exercise to help save children’s lives.
d. What happened to them?
railways.
30/10/98 Manchester Evening News
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