A bandit has allegedly forced a Queensland Rail worker to strip and hand over his uniform so he could get away in disguise.

Police said the man went to Brisbane's Coorparoo train station on Wednesday night, where he brandished a knife and allegedly forced a young worker into an office where he demanded cash.

When police arrived, the worker promptly told officers he had been fleeced and they should be looking for a man in a Queensland Rail uniform. Credit:Alamy

When the rail worker said there was no cash to hand over, the bandit forced the worker to swap clothes with him so he could sidle away undetected.

But the escape plan didn't end there.