Staff at a heritage railway line have strongly denied claims in the national press that BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing’s opening scene was shot on the same train used in a hardcore porn film.

Epping Ongar Railway in Station Approach, North Weald, was used to film the grand opening sequence for the 2015 season of the show at the weekend (August 29).

The Sun newspaper said the popular show’s first dance sequence, which will air this weekend (September 5), featured a steam train used in a 28-minute long hardcore porn film called Nympho.

The adult film, which was aired in April by porn company Brazzers, was shot at the station.

But business development manager Dean Walton claims the platform and carriage hired by BBC One were not those in the film.

He said: “I can confirm that contrary to media comment, the BBC production featured neither the train nor the station used for the production of the adult film.

“We take on a whole range of commercial filming contracts throughout the year to supplement the income we get from our events for the public.

“Earlier this year we implemented a new policy about the criteria for making the railway available for use by production companies.

“As such the Railway will no longer be made available for adult films.”