FOOTAGE of a death-defying stunt of a man jumping from a train off the Fremantle Railway Bridge has left social media users stunned.

The video of the extremely dangerous train surfing jump was posted on Brown Cardigan’s Facebook and Instagram pages on Sunday morning – leaving viewers shocked.

It is believed the man climbed on to the train at the North Fremantle station about 10.30am on Saturday.

The man is seen balancing on the train and gives a wave to the camera before taking the deadly leap off the bridge.

He hits the water only metres from a concrete pylon.

The video quickly gathered momentum, with more than 60,000 views in four hours on Instagram and 15,000 views on Facebook.

A flood of comments from social media users followed. Many were amazed at how perilously close he came to hitting the concrete.

“Game over if he hit the concrete footing,” one user wrote and “he was about a metre from eating cement” said another.

One user simply called him a “dingbat”.

It’s unclear who shot the footage.

PTA spokeswoman Claire Krol described the man’s actions as “absolutely disgraceful” and said the PTA was reviewing its CCTV footage for information that could help police identify and charge him.

“Aside from the fact that he’s managed to survive the fall ... he was standing just beneath 25,000 volt overhead wires,” she said. “Those wires can actually arc so you don’t need to reach out to touch one of those wires or even rub against one for it to electrocute someone.”

Ms Krol said police could charge the man with trespass, which carries a maximum penalty of 12 months’ jail and a $12,000 fine.

It’s not the first time reckless behaviour of this nature has occurred in Perth, last year a man was fined $1000 over a train surfing stunt he performed on the Joondalup line.

The man was filmed hanging off the back of the train on September 23 as it travelled between Leederville and Glendalough stations on Perth's northern line, before being arrested at the next stop.

Premier Mark McGowan previously labelled the 23-year-old “very foolish” for the stunt and warned copycats against attempting similar acts.

"It's not smart, it’s not clever, and it’s not wise. You're risking your life, you'll devastate your parents if you get killed. Don't do it," Mr McGowan said

It seems his warnings have fallen on deaf ears.

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