Members of the public have praised the station master of Ban Song railway station in Surat Thani for saving the life of a 75-year-old woman as she was about to be hit by a train on Sunday.

Security camera footage showed that at about 9.50am on Sunday, the woman was walking across a rail track while express train No 85 (Bangkok-Nakhon Si Thammarat) was entering the station. The woman was completely unaware that she was in danger.

When station master Thitipong Piripol saw what was happening, he ran out of his office and pushed the woman off the rail track moments before she would have been hit by the train.

It was found later that the woman was deaf.

The State Railway of Thailand governor was full of praise for Mr Thitipong for his heroic act.

He asked all people to be careful and make sure it is safe before walking, riding or driving across a rail track.