Transport police have released a video of near-misses on the railways culminating in a man being struck by a train as he took a short-cut, leaving him paralysed.

The footage was released as parents were urged to warn their children they risk their lives by playing on the railways as new figures reveal a huge increase in trespass incidents in Manchester.

In the most shocking incident, the video shows a man being struck by a speeding train as he takes a short cut at Kings Norton station in Birmingham last year. He survived but was left paralysed.

Last year British Transport Police recorded 97 incidents when people managed to get onto the railway tracks in Manchester compared to 66 the year before.

Patrols have been stepped up during the holidays as youngsters are twice as likely to trespass on the tracks in the summer compared to the winter.