By Elmira Tanatarova For Mailonline

Published: 10:05 EDT, 22 April 2022 | Updated: 10:06 EDT, 22 April 2022

Police are on the hunt for a man who hurled a bike onto a railway, setting off a spark on the tracks.

Video which went viral online shows three men arguing on a platform in Sidcup station, in south east London, before one of them grabs a bike and lifts it in the air.

It is then thrown down by a man in grey, prompting smoke to rise from the rails after an initial electrical explosion, the clip shows.

According to one onlooker a train came up the track only seconds later.

They said: 'A train was close, they had to do an emergency stop and almost went left.'

In the footage, taken on Tuesday, one of the men could be seen trying to pull a bicycle away from the man in grey coat as another intervened between them before it was tossed. 

Video which went viral online shows three men arguing on a platform in Sidcup station, in south-east London, before one of them grabs a bike and tosses it

Video shows one of the men who could be seen trying to pull a bicycle away from the man in grey coat as another intervened between them before it was tossed

A bystander who filmed the incident from the other side of the station posted it on TikTok.

The video has since been viewed more than 1.4 million times and accrued some 120,500 likes. 

On April 19 Southeastern tweeted: 'NEW: Delays Through Sidcup, we have received reports of persons throwing a bike on the track at Sidcup station.

'Trains are currently unable to run through Sidcup. Delays are expected.' 

The bike is then thrown down by a man in grey, prompting smoke to rise from the rails after an initial electrical explosion, the clip shows

However shortly after, the twitter account confirmed that the bike was removed from the track and that trains were on the move again. 

A British Transport Police spokesman said: 'British Transport Police were called to Sidcup train station at 6:45pm on Tuesday 19 April following reports of an altercation and a bicycle thrown onto the tracks.

'Enquiries into this incident are ongoing.'

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