Mum desperately tries to rescue her baby after the tot's pram rolls onto train tracks while she's distracted
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A desperate mum jumped on to railway tracks to rescue her baby when this pram rolled off the platform.
Heart-stopping CCTV footage showed the woman was distracted as she helped another child at West Ryde station in New South Wales, Australia.
Video released by transport chiefs show the parent wheel the pram out of a platform lift accompanied by two young children.
The mum's attention then becomes drawn to one boy who finds himself stuck inside the lift when he is too slow to leave.
(Image: transport.nsw.gov.au)
(Image: transport.nsw.gov.au)
But as the woman turns and lets go of the buggy, it rolls towards the platform edge before it falls onto the tracks.
Realising what has happened, the woman runs towards the pram and jumps on the line to try to retrieve it.
The two children watch on as a man hops down to help the woman and bring the pram back on the platform.
(Image: transport.nsw.gov.au)
(Image: transport.nsw.gov.au)
Crowds of commuters gathered to watch the dramatic incident unfold before a train pulls in at the station just moments later.
The footage was released by New South Wales transport chiefs to highlight safety issues on public transport as it was revealed there were 5,000 "safety related" incidents across Australia last year.
The country's Transport Minister Andrew Constance said more than 2,000 travellers fell over on public transport when they were distracted by their mobile phones or from rushing.
He said: "We take the safety of our customers and staff very seriously.
"There are around 12 million customer journeys on trains, buses, light rail and ferries each week and the vast majority of these are completed safely."