SNAKES ON A TRAIN: Sneaky Python Spotted Hitching A Ride On Sydney Commute

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Passengers on a train from Kiama to Sydney were in for a slithering surprise on their commute last night, after a snake was spotted in the luggage racks on a train.

Clearly shocked at what they had seen, passengers alerted NSW TrainLink staff and were instructed to move carriages, while the harmless children’s python hitched a ride as the train approached Wollongong.

Lucky guy got his own carriage and didn’t even pay his fare.

NSW Trainlink

A NSW TrainLink spokesperson reflected on the ‘snakes on a train’ drama:

“Customers were moved from the carriage which was then locked off and arrangements were made for a snake handler to meet the train on arrival at Central Station,” they said.

“The train arrived at Central at 9:02pm and the snake was located on a luggage rack of the carriage before being taken away by the snake handler who’s now looking after it.”

They issued the following tweet:

Hopefully, he got to the destination he was heading towards. The unexpected snake sighting follows a similar incident last year on a Central Coast train when police confiscated a low key metre-long python being carried by a passenger. As you do.

The lols to be had from this kerfuffle are too damn obvious, but we’ll just leave this actual (straight to DVD) movie poster right here…