Network Rail have helped to rescue and reunite a dog which wandered onto railway tracks in Derbyshire.

Luka, a ten-year-old Japanese Spitz, was spotted by Network Rail on-train technicians wandering along the tracks in Long Eaton.

The Network Rail train was monitoring the tracks when the driver spotted a dog and pulled the emergency brake.

After checking the lines were blocked, on-train technicians, Rhys Wharton and Beverley Topping took him on board the train while they tracked down his family.

Rhys said: “When we saw Luka wandering on the tracks, we knew the safest option was to bring him with us, contact his owners and arrange collection from Burton.”

“After making several phone calls on the way, a vet was able to scan Luka’s microchip. Meanwhile, Bev managed to find his owners on Facebook.”

“By the time we’d finished our shift, we’d been sent a photo of a very happy Luka, safe and well with his owners. I’m so proud we were able to reunite Luka with his family after his adventure.”

Carole Dawson, Luka’s owner, said: “I just want to thank the team at Network Rail for finding Luka, rescuing him and taking him to the vets.”

“He went missing the same morning on one of our usual walks. After panicking and spending time looking for him, I was so shocked to find out he’d been rescued and was safe on the train.”

“Luka was a very lucky dog that day, but he enjoyed his adventure and I can’t thank Rhys and Beverley enough.”

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