A runaway tortoise was saved after it wandered onto a busy railway line in South East England.

The pet named Mr T was spotted clambering onto the train tracks at Bicester North Station in Oxfordshire.

Passengers raised the alarm with the railway staff who rescued the tortoise last Tuesday.

The Chiltern Railway workers then fed it with lettuce and water in the station cafe.

The company posted photos of the reptile on social media looking for the owner.

Hours later, they came forward confirmed that Mr T had escaped from his home nearby before becoming a trespasser on the railway tracks.

Although facing danger, Mr T was left unharmed by his adventure and was returned home.

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Area Manager at Chiltern Railways, Giles Conway, said, “I don’t think anyone could quite believe it when we were alerted by customers at the station that there was a tortoise on the tracks.

“I am grateful to our station staff who located the tortoise and worked with Network Rail to safely retrieve it from the tracks unharmed.”

The man who retrieved the turtle, Steve Gill, a Network Rail mobile operations manager, said, “In my 30 plus years on the railway, this is the first time I’ve ever had to save a tortoise.”

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“I’m glad we managed to get the pet safely away from the tracks and reunited with its owner.”

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