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Video: Cyclists ride into railway tunnel - and meet train coming the other way

Riders in Brazil got the 'freight' of their lives as they ran for safety with goods train bearing down on them...

Two cyclists in Brazil got the 'freight'of their lives when they rode into a railway tunnel - and met a goods train coming straight towards them.

One of the riders, Jedson Gil Miranda from Volta Redonda in the state of Rio de Janeiro, posted footage to Facebook of the moment he and his cycling buddy Felipe Vieira had to scramble for their lives as the train driver sounded its horn.

Luckily, both managed to scramble to safety, leaving one of the bikes behind which they later retrieved as they continued their journey through the tunnel, presumably without further incident.

Writing on Facebook, Gil said: "I know we were in the wrong, we were very reckless, railway tunnels were never made for cycling or walking.

"Thank God everything went okay," he added.

The video has been viewed nearly 50,000 times on Facebook and Gil has subsequently posted photos of another ride where he is pointing to various trackside safety notices.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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hawkinspeter | 6 years ago
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ConcordeCX | 6 years ago
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They were wearing helmets so they'd have been fine. No story here.

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Yorkshire wallet | 6 years ago
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Still waiting for BTBS to chip in and tell us all the train should have given way and was being a bully. 

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BehindTheBikesheds replied to Yorkshire wallet | 6 years ago
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Yorkshire wallet wrote:

Still waiting for BTBS to chip in and tell us all the train should have given way and was being a bully. 

So because you were wrong on the other thread you thought you'd be a cock here over something totally unrelated.

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John Pitcock | 6 years ago
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Didn't they hear the train coming?
​Aren't there refuges at the sides near where they turned back.

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simonmb | 6 years ago
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Near Miss of the Day 

 

I can't stop watching. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay. I'll stop watching.

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EK Spinner | 6 years ago
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Why did they not just "Take the Lane"  1

isnt that meant to be the magic solution to stop machine going over the top of riders, and yes I do actually believe this in some cases

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PRSboy | 6 years ago
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Remember - the light at the end of the tunnel may be a train.

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simonmb | 6 years ago
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"as they continued their journey through the tunnel"

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OldRidgeback | 6 years ago
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Jeez, are these guys daft or what? 

And after running for their lives away from the train, what do they do? They go back in!

Yep, it was definitely the train's fault. I mean, what wasa  train doing in a railway tunnel?

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don simon fbpe | 6 years ago
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I know they weren't, but they could've been killed.

Or worse.

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burtthebike replied to don simon fbpe | 6 years ago
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don simon wrote:

I know they weren't, but they could've been killed.

Or worse.

No, they would have been safe; they had helmets.

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fenix | 6 years ago
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Jeezuz. Nobheads. 

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Rich_cb | 6 years ago
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I'm waiting for the usual suspects to turn up and explain how this was definitely the train's fault.

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NorthEastJimmy | 6 years ago
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"You keep your (sic) form, position and trust to those around you, same as when descending in a pack..."

#stopgriping

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brooksby | 6 years ago
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Am I missing something? *WHY* did they ride into a railway tunnel?? 

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Yorkshire wallet replied to brooksby | 6 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

Am I missing something? *WHY* did they ride into a railway tunnel?? 

Competition for the Darwin Awards in red hot this year. This is the level you need to be taking it to.

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burtthebike replied to brooksby | 6 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

Am I missing something? *WHY* did they ride into a railway tunnel?? 

Probably because the alternative was a five mile detour over a huge hill.  And it could be like the freight line near where I live, with two trains a week, so you've got to be pretty unlucky to actually meet one.  Not saying it was a sensible thing to do, but understandable perhaps.

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andyp replied to burtthebike | 6 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Am I missing something? *WHY* did they ride into a railway tunnel?? 

Probably because the alternative was a five mile detour over a huge hill.  And it could be like the freight line near where I live, with two trains a week, so you've got to be pretty unlucky to actually meet one.  Not saying it was a sensible thing to do, but understandable perhaps.

 

Aye, there's a 5km rail tunnel near us, the alternative to using the tunnel is a 10km schlepp over a huge hill. Plus, subterranean riding can be fun.

 

(at this point I feel the need to point out that 'people' use the disused bore, rather than the live one, but it's still fairly pant-filling if one passes the link tunnels when an express goes through a few metres away  3

 

 

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Sandy14 replied to brooksby | 6 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

Am I missing something? *WHY* did they ride into a railway tunnel?? 

Is there no adventure in your soul?

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brooksby replied to Sandy14 | 6 years ago
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Sandy14 wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Am I missing something? *WHY* did they ride into a railway tunnel?? 

Is there no adventure in your soul?

"Soul"?  What is this "soul" of which you speak? 

I'm afraid I really don't consider riding into a railway tunnel to be adventure.

YMMV.

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PhilRuss replied to brooksby | 6 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

Am I missing something? *WHY* did they ride into a railway tunnel?? 

    Pretty obvious----they were Training.

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Daveyraveygravey | 6 years ago
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I've just weighed into the Sussex Police helmet thread saying why are all cyclists tarred with the same brush that we're all thrill-seeking red light jumping anti-social selfish gits...and then I see these two...

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StraelGuy | 6 years ago
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The real dumb and dumber .

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