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Boy's Love of Trains Sparks Alert

The parents of a boy who has run away to try to catch a train have asked railway staff to put up warning posters to stop him getting into danger.

Four-year-old Toby Friend has even tried to buy a ticket at the station near his house in mid-Kent.

He has climbed his back garden fence and crossed two main roads 15 times in his effort to reach the station.

"He just loves the train so much... he thinks he can go on his own," said his mother, Kirstie Field.

"He just loves adventure. We don't drive, so apart from the occasional bus, train is our only transport.

"The first time he actually managed to get on a train and asked for a ticket," she said.

"Luckily the train guard didn't leave the station, but there's always that worry that he's going to get on a train and not ask for a ticket, and just go and sit down, and the train just leaves as normal."

Railway staff at stations all along the line from Tonbridge to Ashford now have pictures of Toby to help them keep a lookout for him should he try to get on a train again.

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Flynn_2006 : LVL 47: VP 5: said:

Flynn_2006

21 votes NegativePositive

82 days 3 hours ago...

The boy just needed some training.

Shadow-Spawn : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Shadow-Spawn

0 votes NegativePositive

82 days 3 hours ago...

Wonder if he`ll have a train fetish when he grows up..

MrFrunzi : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

MrFrunzi

12 votes NegativePositive

82 days 1 hour ago...

Instead of putting up signs, how about you just watch your kid? Fifteen times this has happened?!

Sev : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Sev

0 votes NegativePositive

82 days 1 hour ago...

^MrFrunzi, do you have a kid? Do you know how much of a handful a 4 yr. old can be?

Dhagon : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Dhagon

0 votes NegativePositive

82 days ago...

^ Even if he doesn`t have a kid he was still a kid once. I know if I ever tried to pull that crap(I hate trains a lot), my parents would`ve beat the shit out of me.

d1dgreat1 : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

d1dgreat1

-1 votes NegativePositive

82 days ago...

What the Ef is up with Spiked? It ain`t what it used. =`(

Joefrunzi : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

Joefrunzi

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73 days 10 hours ago...

^lolz mr.Frunzi is a preschool teacher.

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