A woman was nearly hit by a train when she stepped out onto the tracks at an Auckland station.
The woman looked to her right, but not to her left, before crossing the tracks at Mt Eden Station on April 7.
The lights were on and bells were sounding at the time.
The train driver slammed on the emergency brakes, seemingly missing the woman by centimetres.
Auckland Transport rail services manager Craig Inger said it was "really important" that people checked in both directions before crossing railroad tracks.
It was disturbing that a number of other people also crossed the tracks before the woman, he said.
"The lights and bells mean don't cross."
More than 100 people have died in New Zealand in the past 10 years on railway tracks, tunnels and bridges, TrackSAFE's Megan Drayton said.
"Most railway deaths are preventable if people follow basic safety rules around tracks and trains – only ever cross railway tracks at formed level crossings and obey the signs and signals that are there to protect you.
"Trains are extremely fast and quiet, they can't swerve to avoid a person or object on the tracks. The best the train driver can do is put on the emergency brakes and hope for the best."
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