Deepgreen
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BBC News has a story about a couple getting married on a railway line near Whitby (in July). I wonder, with all the evidence to hand, will they be/have they been prosecuted? I think it throws into relief the fact that the general public simply don't get how stupid railway trespass is - it is on a par with, say, parking illegally - try to get away with it and then plead ignorance/short duration ("I/we didn't do any harm") if caught, with the perception that the law is a nuisance to be challenged. In rural areas in particular the infrequent trains and the fact that the line offers a direct route for walking probably increases the incidence.
Bridal couple posed on rail line for wedding shoot
Network Rail says taking photos on a stretch of track was "plain stupidity".
www.bbc.co.uk
A couple who posed for wedding photographs on railway tracks in North Yorkshire have been condemned by Network Rail
They were caught on CCTV standing on a line near Whitby in July.
Supt Alison Evans, of British Transport Police, said: "The railway is not an appropriate or safe setting for a photographic backdrop, no matter how scenic the setting.
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