For several minutes,the horse trotted up and down the platform,parading a fetching beige raincoat as a few dumbfounded late-night passengers leapt back from its path.
Amid the fracas,a train pulled up into the station.
CCTV shows the horse stood and regarded the train for a moment – not unlike a passenger waiting to board – before taking off again down the platform.
As the horse ran alongside the train,a male commuter in a light blue shirt was forced to make a break for it,exiting the platform as the horse ran towards him.
By three minutes to midnight,radio communications were crackling between NSW Transport’s Security Control Centre and the police. Train drivers were put on notice about a possible horse racing along the wrong kind of track.
Then they called in the cavalry.