Seconds from death: Terrifying moment man falls into the path of a moving train - before his miraculous survival was caught on camera

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Heartstopping CCTV has emerged of a commuter's dice with death after falling off a platform in front of an approaching train.

The man miraculously survived and managed to walk away unscathed, thanks to the quick thinking of the train driver, who slammed on the emergency brakes in time.

The terrifying ordeal unfolded in front of shocked commuters at St Albans station on the Sunbury train line in Melbourne's north-west on February 8.

The incident captured on the station's CCTV has sparked urgent warnings from Metro Trains about train safety ahead of the busy Easter holiday period.

Shocked bystanders tried to stop the commuter from falling onto the tracks at St Albans but to no avail 

The man is seen stumbling along the edge of the platform and suddenly take a heavy tumble onto the tracks as an approaching train arrives at the station.

Frantic commuters rush to try and stop the man from falling.

The driver of the approaching train manages to slam on the emergency brakes just in time as the man gets to his feet and jumps out of harm's out.

He scrambles to safety by climbing onto the other platform and then walks away.

The man fell onto the tracks as the train approached the platform at St Albans station

Footage of the incident emerged weeks after a heroic Good Samaritan risked his own life to save a man who was standing marooned between the rail tracks at South Yarra station last month.

CCTV showed the bare-footed man standing motionless between two rail lines while commuters frantically gestured and called out to him from the platforms on either side.

A bystander jumps down from the platform onto the tracks, runs to the man standing between the tracks and pulls him towards the platform.

The commuter was captured on CCTV scrambling to safety and walk away unscathed

Metro Trains recently installed 142 CCTV cameras across the network as part of a crackdown on trespassing, graffiti and other criminal behaviour.

More than 5000 illegal incidents recorded on the network in 2022. 

There are now more than 9250 network security cameras, included 3000 fitted on trains.

'Metro Trains won't tolerant criminal acts on our network,' Metro Trains chief executive Raymond O'Flaherty told the Herald Sun.