By Lauren Beavis via SWNS
Pictures show the cheeky squirrel that caused a train service to be canceled – after running on board.
The morning train to Gatwick Airport was scrapped after two squirrels boarded – and one refused to get off.
The pair forced Great Western Railway’s 8:54 a.m. Saturday service from Reading to Gatwick to terminate at Redhill – after they boarded at Gomshall, Surrey.
Passengers made their way along the train after the rodents boarded the rear carriage, where the train manager locked them in, a GWR spokesperson said.
A Network Rail member of staff unsuccessfully tried to shoo the animals off the train at Redhill and the squirrel that refused to leave was returned to Reading, GWR explained.
A GWR spokesperson said: “We can confirm that the 0854 Reading to Gatwick was terminated at Redhill after a couple of squirrels boarded the train at Gomshall without tickets, breaching railway byeclaws.
“We attempted to remove them at Redhill, but one refused to leave and was returned to Reading to bring an end to this nutty tail.”
