Car obstructs railway at Carbis Bay
Police say enquiries are ongoing
Last updated 23rd Jan 2023
Enquiries are ongoing after a car ended up obstructing the rail tracks at Carbis Bay.
Police say it left the road and went down an embankment over the weekend.
On Twitter, the Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing Team said: "Tickets please! The driver of this vehicle ended up obstructing rail tracks at Carbis Bay having left the road and down an embankment.
"Unfortunately they didn't hang around to help us with enquiries. Enquiries ongoing."
Trains between St Erth and St Ives were cancelled as a result, with disruption expected until the end of yesterday (Sunday 22 January).
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Police were called at around 11.20pm on Saturday 21 January with reports of a Mercedes car having been left abandoned on the railway lines near Carbis Bay.
"Officers attended and localised searches with support from the Drone Unit took place to find the occupants of the vehicle, but this was unsuccessful.
"This matter has since been passed over to Network Rail to arrange removal of the vehicle, and British Transport Police in relation any follow-up policing matters."
A Network Rail spokesperson said: "Following reports that a car had been abandoned on the railway tracks at Carbis Bay in the early hours of Sunday morning, all train services on the St Ives branch line were suspended on Sunday.
"Our teams worked to recover the vehicle, which was in a difficult location, and were able to remove the car from the tracks at 11.40pm on Sunday night. Services are able to run as normal this morning."
We have contacted the British Transport Police for a statement.