Shocked passengers witnessed a brutal fight break out on a commuter train during the evening rush hour.
The fight broke out between two men on Adelaide’s South Seaford Line on Friday at around 6.45pm after some verbal exchanges.
CCTV footage showed a man in an orange hoodie receiving several blows to the head with his arm from another man.
“I’m a fucking beast and you’re not, so fuck off,” the man in the orange shirt shouted.
‘Fuck you, man, you’re useless, if you’re not trained then fuck you.’
Terrified passengers watched as a third man got involved and held the man being beaten in a headlock while the third person continued his attack.
A woman then intervened by pressing the emergency stop button while telling the men: “Get off, stop.”
The men got off the train at Oaklands railway station, southwest of Adelaide.
A violent fight broke out between three men on a commuter train in Adelaide on Friday night.
The fight began with a verbal exchange between two men, but soon escalated into a wild punching match.
South Australian Transport Minister Tom Koutsantonis has vowed to find the men and ban them from public transport for life.
“They are idiots,” said Mr Koutsantonis. 9News on Friday.
‘We cannot tolerate aggression on public transport, we have zero tolerance for it.
“I will ban them for life, absolutely.”
Roving security patrols in Adelaide do not start until 7pm and members of the public have called for this to be extended to more standard travel times.
“I think it would be better to arrive at rush hour,” said one traveler.
“It would be nice to have them during peak hours, like 5pm,” another traveller said.
South Africa’s Transport Minister Tom Koutsantonis has vowed to find the men and ban them from using public transport for life.
Police have been called to investigate the incident and are reviewing CCTV footage.
Mr Koutsantonis said there was a strong chance the men could be identified.
“We have their photographs, we may even have their credit card details and we are sending all of this to the police,” he said.
