Lol Cornflower, I too think it was just that silly woman who was not bright enough to think to hold onto the pram when a train is hurtling along close by!

Many people with prams, wheelchairs, bikes etc negotiate train tracks and train travel every day without falling onto the tracks.
I don't see how the railway stations can be made safer without limiting these people's access to trains.

Maybe one or two carriages on each train could be used just for people using wheeled transport for themselves or children, where there are fences leading up to the train door, and an attendant to see them on safely? I guess it would all take too long though.

signs are easy...make a level pad for wheeled things only here

the slope is for water runnof...but it can funnel specific areas..not the whole platform

suggest the level area be at entrance...on the shorter side of the platform...contractor could do the lot in a month...each train a new station...transport cement on rail decant the eghsact measure..level off go to next ready boxed up...station ..mixing a next batch

Nothing protects the stupid and lazy from themselves. What is to stop an unattended pram being drawn by the wind eddies and vacuum caused by passing trains? Again, what is to stop a pram being moved into a threatening position by a gust of wind in the open?

The inattention and slackness of some parents generalises and their children are always at risk, who hasn't been aware of the parents at (say) playgrounds who expect others to mind their children for them?

As much as I am concerned about child neglect - for that is what it really is when a parent cannot be concerned enough to monitor what is happening to a pram - it would be fruitless and hugely expensive for government to attempt to remove all risks, which is impossible anyhow and often gives rise to other, possibly more serious risks.

I can't actually watch the video as I am at work but I have heard alot about this story. Does anyone know how it came about that the whole event was filmed? Seems also lucky, along with the luck of the baby. Crazy stuff!

I think the tragedy was filmed by the surveillance cameras in the train station. Saw the video a few days ago, unbelievable that the baby wasn't really injured. The mother seemed to have lost control of the baby buggy and that's why it fell on the rails. Let's all be happy that the baby survived