Thursday, October 23, 2014

VIDEO: Man v Subway

The craze for racing trains and uploading the results on YouTube – kickstarted in London a couple of months ago – has gone global.

The practice has become known as #racethetube after a video made in London was watched more than 5 million times on YouTube.

It involves getting off a train and running to the next stop to catch the same train.

Anne-Marie Tomchak reports on how it went global.

Video journalist: Neil Meads

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VIDEO: Man v Subway