This was the moment a man, who was in hurry, took an incredible risk to catch a train.

He dashed across the tracks ignoring a speeding train, managing to dodge it by inches. He climbed on to the platofrm and ran away before anyone could react.

The incident occurred at platform 3 in Navi Station near Mumbai in Western India.

Railway officials said the man's life was saved by train pilot who saw him trespassing and applied emergency brakes to save his life.

An official from Central Railway (CR), Mumbai, said: “The incident was recorded in the CCTV cameras at 7.42am. The man first jumped off a running train to catch another train that had arrived on platform number 4.”

The train pilot MP Chavda, 50, who saved the man's life said: “As soon as the train arrived at platform number 3, I noticed a young man, who jumped off a train at platform number 2. I immediately applied emergency brakes and used an alarm whistle to alert him, but he continued to cross. He escaped being hit by just a few inches.”