A SUSPECTED shoplifter ran along railway tracks before attempting to get away on a train.

Eyewitnesses spotted up to six police vehicles heading east from Worthing towards Lancing along the A259 in response to an emergency call about the incident.

The woman had gone onto the track at East Worthing railway station at around 4pm.

A Sussex Police spokeswoman said officers and railway staff located her on the line and she boarded a train to Lancing where she was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting and trespass on the railway.

She added no other information is available at this time.