Police chase koala through Sydney train station, video captured on CCTV


Trains in the area were ordered to slow as the koala – a normally reclusive species and one of Australia's best-loved animals – came dangerously close to the platform edge. — Screengrab from Reuters/Thomson Reuters

SYDNEY: A wayward koala led police on a low-speed, early morning chase through a Sydney train station, video released on Oct 8 showed, surprising commuters in the city.

Video provided by Transport for New South Wales showed the koala ambling through Casula station on Oct 4, around 34km (21 miles) south-west of the city's central business district.

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