A swan held up trains during the morning rush hour after venturing onto the railway line.
A swan held up trains during the morning rush hour
The bird was found on the track in Staines, Surrey at about 8am on Monday morning (03.10.22) and stopped trains heading towards Ascot in Berkshire.
South Western Railway's Twitter account quipped that "our very own Sgt Angel" dealt with the wandering swan in a reference to the 2007 comedy film 'Hot Fuzz'.
The movie has a scene where Simon Pegg's character Nicholas Angel and his partner have to chase an escaped swan.
Network Rail Wessex posted an image on Twitter showing the bird being carried in a bag.
It said: "If you swan around on the railway, you get The Bag.
"Thanks to our ops manager Chris for helping this feathered friend safely from the line at #Staines and to @SW_Help customers who had to wait for us to arrive.
"The swan is off to a sanctuary to relax."
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