#BBCtrending: How 'Race the Tube' went global
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The craze for racing trains and uploading the results on YouTube - kickstarted in London a couple of months ago - has now gone global.
The practice has become known as #racethetube after a video made in London was watched more than 5 million times on YouTube. It involves getting off a train and running to the next stop to catch the same train.
Anne-Marie Tomchak reports
Video journalist: Neil Meads
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