Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a punch-up between two men caused major delays on the Sunbury line.
The expletive-punctured fight occurred on a train as it pulled into Ginifer railway station about 2.10pm on Monday. But despite the brawl being captured on video and uploaded to social media, no one who witnessed the incident wanted to talk to police.
Police also spoke to both men involved in the altercation but the men did not provide statements.
The footage posted on Facebook begins with two men sizing each other up near the train doors, exchanging abuse and swear words before one of the men dressed in a blue T-shirt throws the first punch.
The man dressed in a black shirt responds by punching his opponent a number of times in the head.
As the pair begins wrestling other passengers can be heard saying “stop it” and “enough”, as one of the men yells “get him off me, get this guy off me”.
After the train comes to the halt the man in a black shirt can be seen holding the other man in a headlock. He eventually lets go after a woman with red hair walks up the isle yelling “enough, stop hurting my fiancé … stop it, stop it”.
The man in the blue shirt then yells “get your fiancé off me”, to which the woman responds “I’m sorry but you asked for it”.
The video finishes as the woman leaves the train with her “fiancé”. His back is viciously kicked by his opponent as he leaves the train, eliciting a laugh from one the passengers.
The train alarm can be heard on the video. It sounded after a passenger on the train pressed the red emergency button and alerted the driver to the incident.
The fight caused a 30-minute delay on the Sunbury line, while the driver waited for police to arrive. A Metro spokeswoman said a window in the train was also broken.
“As soon as our driver was alerted to this incident, she contacted the central control room who immediately called the police to attend,” she said.
“If any of our customers ever witness this type of incident, we urge them to contact the driver via the red emergency button on every train carriage, or to call the police. There is also a red emergency button on every train platform.”
